counterculture
the culture and lifestyle of those people, especially among the young, who reject or oppose the dominant values and behavior of society.
Origin of counterculture
1Other words from counterculture
- coun·ter·cul·tur·al, adjective
- coun·ter·cul·tur·ist, coun·ter·cul·tur·al·ist, noun
Words Nearby counterculture
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How to use counterculture in a sentence
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.
How brands can put social impact at the core of their business to lead the future | Anthem | July 22, 2021 | DigidayLike snowboarding before it, some worry that skateboarding’s Olympic arrival marks a break from its counterculture roots.
Your Guide to New and Returning Sports at the Tokyo Olympics | Megan McCluskey | July 21, 2021 | TimeIf 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.
How break dancing made the leap from ’80s pop culture to the Olympic stage | Rick Maese | February 9, 2021 | Washington Post
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.
David Brooks In The Supermarket Aisles Of Judaism | Gershom Gorenberg | March 13, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
British Dictionary definitions for counterculture
/ (ˈkaʊntəˌkʌltʃə) /
an alternative culture, deliberately at variance with the social norm
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Cultural definitions for 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.)
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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