subculture
verb (used with object)
to cultivate (a bacterial strain) again on a new medium.
subcultural
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a word derived from
subculture.
Example Sentences
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“I was fundamentally distrustful of pretty much everyone who was reaching out,” said Parsons, who assumed that Hollywood producers didn’t understand the subcultural fascination with ominous “liminal spaces.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026
The Prodigy was the embodiment of a subcultural band that got huge.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2025
Worldwide, members of this association refer to themselves as “brothers” practicing their subcultural way of life.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 19, 2023
Many of the most adventurous dressers boldly mix styles, fabrics, periods and shapes, less bound by subcultural identification and more comfortable with fluidity.
From New York Times ● May 19, 2022
They backpedalled, and tried to retreat back to the mandarin obscurity of their cozy subcultural niches.
From The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier by Bruce Sterling
