Low-context culture is a term used by anthropologist Edward T. Hall in 1976 to describe a communication style that relies heavily on explicit and direct language. Learn more about low-context cultures from examples and test your knowledge with a quiz.
Definition of ALCHEMIST. : a person who studies or practices alchemy.
Alchemy and alchemist are in fact older words than chemistry and chemist in English. Alchemists believed that lead could be âperfectedâ into gold, that diseases could be cured, and that life could be prolonged through transmutation, or a change of some essential element into a superior form.