counterculture

[ koun-ter-kuhl-cher ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

the culture and lifestyle of those people, especially among the young, who reject or oppose the dominant values and behavior of society.

counterculture

/ ˈkaʊntəˌkʌltʃə /

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 .)

First recorded in 1965–70; counter- + culture

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.

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