noun phrase · academic
cultural policy
UK/ˈkʌltʃərəl ˈpɒləsi/US/ˈkʌltʃərəl ˈpɑːləsi/CUL·tur·al POL·i·cy
A government's or institution's set of rules and priorities for culture, including funding and regulations.
Examples
“The city needs a clearer cultural policy to support local theatres.”
“Young artists complained that current cultural policy favours big institutions.”
“Universities often teach how to analyse cultural policy in media courses.”
Band 8 sentence
“A coherent cultural policy should balance support for both grassroots initiatives and major institutions.”
Collocations
- national cultural policy
- cultural policy makers
Word family
Common mistakes
culture policy→cultural policy
policy for culture→cultural policy
Say it for a higher band
5policy for culture→6culture policy→7+cultural policy
Synonyms
cultural strategy
Easily confused
cultural programme
“The government launched a cultural programme to support local artists.”
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