Counterculture

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any culture whose values and lifestyles are opposed to those of the established mainstream culture, especially to Western culture. countable, uncountable

    "I suspect that just about everything we still consider valuable and interesting from the Victorian decades will turn out to have belonged to the Victorian counterculture."

  2. 2
    a culture with lifestyles and values opposed to those of the established culture wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A cultural movement most prominent in the 1960s and 1970s, associated with peace, free love and opposition to commercialism; the hippie movement.

    "The concert was a cultural happening for members of the counterculture in the St. Louis area."

Synonyms

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underground

Example

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"I suspect that just about everything we still consider valuable and interesting from the Victorian decades will turn out to have belonged to the Victorian counterculture."

Etymology

From counter- + culture.

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