conculture

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English

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Etymology

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From con- (constructed) +‎ culture; compare conlang, conworld.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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conculture (plural concultures)

  1. An imaginary culture, especially one associated with a conworld or conlang.
    • 2009, Arika Okrent, In the Land of Invented Languages: Esperanto Rock Stars, Klingon Poets, Loglan Lovers, and the Mad Dreamers Who Tried to Build A Perfect Language, Spiegel & Grau, published 2009, →ISBN, page 287:
      The most respected languages in the conlang community often have years of work behind them, and may even be attached to whole "conworlds" or "concultures" that help give them coherence and a model "literature."