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countercultural

American  
[kaun-ter-kuhl-cher-uhl] / ˌkaʊn tərˈkʌl tʃər əl /

adjective

  1. challenging or resisting the established values, customs, or norms of a culture.


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“In that countercultural heyday, it struck them as a hard-nosed business, establishment-style decision, which I suppose it was,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 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

In the music, fashion and expression that incorporates post-punk rebellion into Latin American culture, Angelenos are reviving a decades-long countercultural tradition, while redefining outdated ideas of what goth can be.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2025

You can entertain crypto as part of the world financial system, or you can maintain the pretense that crypto is the countercultural beacon of freedom that its earliest boosters claimed it would be.

From Slate Mar. 28, 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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