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counterculture
[ koun-ter-kuhl-cher ]
noun
- the culture and lifestyle of those people, especially among the young, who reject or oppose the dominant values and behavior of society.
counterculture
/ ˈkaʊntəˌkʌltʃə /
noun
- an alternative culture, deliberately at variance with the social norm
counterculture
- A protest movement by American youth that arose in the late 1960s and faded during the late 1970s. According to some, young people in the United States were forming a culture of their own, opposed to the culture of Middle America . ( See hippies and Woodstock .)
Other Words From
- counter·cultur·al adjective
- counter·cultur·ist counter·cultur·al·ist noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of counterculture1
Example Sentences
We are experiencing an unprecedented era and opportunity where social justice has emerged from a place of resistance and counterculture to the forefront of the global zeitgeist.
Like snowboarding before it, some worry that skateboarding’s Olympic arrival marks a break from its counterculture roots.
If you want the counterculture vibe, there’s always Taking Woodstock, Almost Famous, or Hair.
There are too many counterculture kids born each year who will never work in offices but will find a path in guiding.
They were part of an anti-establishment counterculture that feared being co-opted by people who didn’t understand the dance or its dizzying band of denizens.
Is gambling culture more desirable than gay culture and counterculture?
Rather, it is becoming a counterculture—as, ironically, gay culture itself once was.
In the meantime, it is not surprising to see the anti-gay counterculture pushing back.
The populist right, the militia movement, and anti-Bush leftists became obsessed by the phrase—and it entered the counterculture.
David, to the extent that you are right, to the extent that our counterculture has become a supermarket, we are in deep trouble.
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