Dictionary
cul'tural lag'
Sociol.
slowness in the rate of change of one part of a culture in relation to another part, resulting in a maladjustment within society, as from the failure of the nonmaterial culture to keep abreast of developments in the material culture.
Also,culture lag.Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.