lexi (online) issn 2197–4306 lexi vol 9.1 2022 1–20 © 2022, equinox publishing doi: https://doi.org/10.1558/lexi.21667 Lexicography: Journal of ASIALEX Article Learners’ dictionaries and an English cultural keyword Arleta Adamska-Sałaciak Abstract Among culture-bound vocabulary items, we typically fnd names of realia, but also lexemes not immediately identifable as such, but which are perhaps even more important as indications of culture specifcity: words that refect the ways of thinking and acting deemed appropriate in a given cultural milieu. Tis paper deals with one such item, which, according to Anna Wierzbicka (2006, 2014), is an essential component of Anglo values: the adjective fair in its moral sense. Te analysis is meant to establish how successful dictionaries for learners of English are in rendering its nuances of meaning. Keywords: learners’ dictionaries; cultural keywords; cultural scripts; Anglo English Afliation Faculty of English, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland email: arleta@amu.edu.pl