Meaning Of The Word Cultural lag

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cultural lag in British English
the failure of one aspect of a cultural complex to keep pace with the changes in some other related aspect, as the failure of social institutions to keep pace with the rapid advances in science
noun: slowness in the rate of change of one part of a culture in relation to another part, resulting in a maladjustment within society, as from the failure of the nonmaterial culture to keep abreast of developments in the material culture
noun: the difference in the rate of change between two parts of a culture

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