countercultural
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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But reading “Morning in Marin,” David Perlis’ history of the place and its outsize cultural influence for much of the 20th century, you get the sense it served as America’s leading countercultural way station.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
These experiments found new life in the countercultural communes of the 1960s, which rejected industrial agriculture, seeking instead self-sufficiency through organic farming and limited technology.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026
It’s a countercultural movement that imagines us finding an actual balance with nature while improving people’s quality of life.
From Salon ● Dec. 31, 2025
Yes, there’s a turntable, along with an iPhone and posters of other countercultural figures from earlier generations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2025
But their organisation model was much more complex and potentially far-reaching than those of their countercultural predecessors.
From Open Source Democracy by Douglas Rushkoff
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