metaculturenoun.
An abstract set of universalssuch as humour and the concept of ranksaid to exist within all human cultures.
Example Citation:
"Like fish unaware of the existence of water, anthropologists swim from culture to culture interpreting through universal human metaculture. Metaculture informs their every thought, but they have not yet noticed its existence."
John Tooby and Leda Cosmides, "Psychological foundations of culture"