microculture

[mahy-kroh-kuhl-cher]

noun

1. subculture.

Other Word Forms

• microcultural adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of microculture¹

First recorded in 1940–45; micro- + culture

Example Sentences

In a call with reporters Wednesday, Calhoun called those messages “horribly embarrassing and not typical of what Boeing employees do,” calling it a “microculture” within the company that nonetheless needs to be changed.

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She discovered a whole microculture of interior design enthusiasts on YouTube.

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Prejean thinks the key to understanding and opposing US capital punishment is to understand the microculture from which it comes as well as its essential geographic unfairness.

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It was this internal, familial microculture that slowly drew me to read history.

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Ms. Barry and her husband have long moved at the center of their neighborhood’s engaged and somewhat bohemian microculture.

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