alternative society

American  

noun

1. a society or social group that espouses values different from those of the established social order.

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Etymology

Origin of alternative society

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

So is the entire ruling class of what turns out to be an alternative society, The United States of Nu Merica.

From New York Times • Jun. 26, 2017

By operating non-hierarchically, and in opposition to what are elsewhere considered financial truisms, they make an alternative society look not just attractive but attainable.

From The Guardian • Oct. 11, 2012

And he offers a rather vague vision of an alternative society, pleading for "a period of intense experimentation" with different forms of community.

From Time Magazine Archive