cultivation

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

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noun socialization through training and education to develop one's mind or manners
noun (agriculture) production of food by preparing the land to grow crops (especially on a large scale)
noun a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality; ; ; --Joseph Conrad

From Medieval Latin cultivātus, perfect passive participle of cultivō, + -ion, or Middle French cultivation. By surface analysis, cultivate + -ion.

There is a good deal of cultivation about. — Southern Arabia, J. Theodore (James Theodore) Bent
Rosthorn, A. de, his Tea Cultivation in Szechuan, 163. — A Wayfarer in China: Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia, Elizabeth Kimball Kendall
Indian Plantation cleared by Fire preparatory to Cultivation 2. — The North-West Amazons: Notes of some months spent among cannibal tribes, Thomas Whiffen

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