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subculture

[v. suhb-kuhl-cher; n. suhb-kuhl-cher]

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verb (used with object)

Bacteriology. to cultivate (a bacterial strain) again on a new medium.

noun

Bacteriology. a culture derived in this manner.

Sociology.

the cultural values and behavioral patterns distinctive of a particular group in a society.

a group having social, economic, ethnic, or other traits distinctive enough to distinguish it from others within the same culture or society.

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Origin:
1895–1900; sub- + culture

Related forms

sub·cul·tur·al, adjective

sub·cul·tur·al·ly, adverb

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Nor do they rise, or sink, to the level of a subculture.

And yet a whole subculture is still stuck at that first morning.

Paradoxically, although their long-term prospects look wobbly, the messenger subculture has never been stronger.

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Nor do they rise, or sink, to the level of a subculture.

And yet a whole subculture is still stuck at that first morning.

Paradoxically, although their long-term prospects look wobbly, the messenger subculture has never been stronger.

Its typical for media groups to usually go straight for the negative aspects of any subculture.

It's an interesting and compelling portrait of a thriving subculture.

Trying to sniff out subculture when visiting a city for the first time can be pretty daunting, especially when time is short.

My foray into the bodybuilding subculture was equally rewarding.

It is far easier for women to thrive outside the stiflingly male evangelical subculture.

Then it was handed off to a body of creative talent with different values and from a different intellectual subculture.

One way to think about any subculture is that it's made up of people who feel strange in more or less the same way.

Our economic system is fast becoming a culture of mega haves and a subculture of self defining havenots.

Click the link to see the full rundown on this amazing gardening subculture.

In their photos and text, the two identify the influence that members of this funky subculture wield on fashion at large.

Second, there is socialized criminality, criminality which is socially normative for a subculture.

The photogs have undeniably immersed themselves in the subculture.

Tracking one man's obsession, the author is led into the hidden subculture of orchid collectors.

Nick is part of a growing subculture of human lab rats.

Subculture had not been his area, precisely, but neither would hipsters have been beneath his notice.

The commission report depicts a police subculture that virtually compels excessive use of force.

You'll come away with a favorable impression of the epistemological climate in this subculture.

And in many ways its creation grew out of the author's own desire to put the pieces of the subculture together.

Enter steampunk, the subculture that simultaneously embraces burlap and iPhones.

And it is a viable subculture which should be acknowledged.

There's a growing subculture of shaving mugs and rich lathers, a world of bristle brushes and razors with a little heft to them.

But the nation is also home to a prolific subculture of individual.

California-based consulting firm whose ideas were starting to circulate through the business-process subculture.

It is true that a subculture of violent crime helps chase away jobs.

First of all, for the geek or nerd subculture the two things have always go together.

Badham has shown a special knack for capturing the flavor of a tightly knit subculture in scenes that make a.

Since then, he has been regularly staging the spectacle which reflects and shapes artistic, pop-culture and subculture trends.

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World English Dictionary

subculture

—n
1.	a subdivision of a national culture or an enclave within it with a distinct integrated network of behaviour, beliefs, and attitudes
2.	a culture of microorganisms derived from another culture

—vb
3.	(tr) to inoculate (bacteria from one culture medium) onto another medium

sub'cultural

—*adj*

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Word Origin & History

subculture

1886, in ref. to bacterial cultures, from sub- + culture. 1936 in ref. to humans.

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Medical Dictionary

subculture sub·cul·ture (sŭb'kŭl'chər)
n.
A culture made by transferring to a fresh medium microorganisms from a previous culture.

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Cultural Dictionary

subculture definition

A group within a society that has its own shared set of customs, attitudes, and values, often accompanied by jargon or slang. A subculture can be organized around a common activity, occupation, age, status, ethnic background, race, religion, or any other unifying social condition, but the term is often used to describe deviant groups, such as thieves and drug users. (See counterculture.)

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