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
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How to use counterculture in a sentence
Both presidents were vilified by those out of power, fueling the rise of manic countercultures.
But there are two important differences between the old and new countercultures.
British Dictionary definitions for counterculture
/ (ˈkaʊntəˌkʌltʃə) /
an alternative culture, deliberately at variance with the social norm
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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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