To try to understand a culture on its own terms is called

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Trying to understand a culture on its own terms is known as cultural relativism, which rejects the idea of judging a culture by one's own cultural standards (ethnocentrism) and instead seeks to study and understand it from its own perspective. Folklore and cultural education are related to the study and transmission of cultural traditions and knowledge, but do not necessarily involve the same level of cross-cultural understanding as cultural relativism.

To Try to Understand a Culture on Its Own Terms