Culture is best described as

A) the meaning of life.
B) prejudice.
C) universal language.
D) taken-for-granted assumptions.
E) native language.

Culture is a set of taken-for-granted assumptions, values, beliefs, and practices that shape how people perceive and interact with the world around them. It is not necessarily the meaning of life, prejudice, or a universal language, although it can encompass aspects of all three of these concepts. Native language is an aspect of culture, but it does not encompass the full scope of what culture entails.