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.
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Counterculture
Synonyms for "counterculture" (1 found)
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Noun(1 words)
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51 translations across 49 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- kundërkultura noun (any culture whose values and lifestyles are opposed to those of the established mainstream culture, especially to western culture)
Arabic
1 entries- ثقافة مضادة noun (any culture whose values and lifestyles are opposed to those of the established mainstream culture, especially to western culture)
Asturian
1 entries- contracultura noun (any culture whose values and lifestyles are opposed to those of the established mainstream culture, especially to western culture)
Basque
1 entries- kontrakultura noun (any culture whose values and lifestyles are opposed to those of the established mainstream culture, especially to western culture)
Belarusian
1 entries- контркультура noun (any culture whose values and lifestyles are opposed to those of the established mainstream culture, especially to western culture)
Bulgarian
1 entries- контракултура noun (any culture whose values and lifestyles are opposed to those of the established mainstream culture, especially to western culture)
Catalan
1 entries- contracultura noun (any culture whose values and lifestyles are opposed to those of the established mainstream culture, especially to western culture)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 反文化 noun (any culture whose values and lifestyles are opposed to those of the established mainstream culture, especially to western culture)
Czech
1 entries- kontrakultura noun (any culture whose values and lifestyles are opposed to those of the established mainstream culture, especially to western culture)
Danish
1 entries- modkultur noun (any culture whose values and lifestyles are opposed to those of the established mainstream culture, especially to western culture)
Dutch
1 entries- tegencultuur noun (any culture whose values and lifestyles are opposed to those of the established mainstream culture, especially to western culture)
Esperanto
2 entries- franĝa kulturo noun (any culture whose values and lifestyles are opposed to those of the established mainstream culture, especially to western culture)
- kontraŭkulturo noun (any culture whose values and lifestyles are opposed to those of the established mainstream culture, especially to western culture)
Estonian
1 entries- vastandkultuur noun (any culture whose values and lifestyles are opposed to those of the established mainstream culture, especially to western culture)
Finnish
1 entries- vastakulttuuri noun (any culture whose values and lifestyles are opposed to those of the established mainstream culture, especially to western culture)
French
1 entries- contreculture noun (any culture whose values and lifestyles are opposed to those of the established mainstream culture, especially to western culture)
Galician
1 entries- contracultura noun (any culture whose values and lifestyles are opposed to those of the established mainstream culture, especially to western culture)
Georgian
1 entries- კონტრკულტურა noun (any culture whose values and lifestyles are opposed to those of the established mainstream culture, especially to western culture)
German
1 entries- Gegenkultur noun (any culture whose values and lifestyles are opposed to those of the established mainstream culture, especially to western culture)
Hungarian
1 entries- ellenkultúra noun (any culture whose values and lifestyles are opposed to those of the established mainstream culture, especially to western culture)
Icelandic
1 entries- mótmenning noun (any culture whose values and lifestyles are opposed to those of the established mainstream culture, especially to western culture)
Indonesian
1 entries- pemberontakan budaya noun (any culture whose values and lifestyles are opposed to those of the established mainstream culture, especially to western culture)
Irish
1 entries- frithchultúr noun (any culture whose values and lifestyles are opposed to those of the established mainstream culture, especially to western culture)
Italian
1 entries- controcultura noun (any culture whose values and lifestyles are opposed to those of the established mainstream culture, especially to western culture)
Japanese
1 entries- カウンターカルチャー noun (any culture whose values and lifestyles are opposed to those of the established mainstream culture, especially to western culture)
Kazakh
1 entries- контрмәдениет noun (any culture whose values and lifestyles are opposed to those of the established mainstream culture, especially to western culture)
Korean
1 entries- 반문화 noun (any culture whose values and lifestyles are opposed to those of the established mainstream culture, especially to western culture)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- контрмаданият noun (any culture whose values and lifestyles are opposed to those of the established mainstream culture, especially to western culture)
Latvian
1 entries- kontrkultūra noun (any culture whose values and lifestyles are opposed to those of the established mainstream culture, especially to western culture)
Lithuanian
1 entries- kontrkultūra noun (any culture whose values and lifestyles are opposed to those of the established mainstream culture, especially to western culture)
Macedonian
1 entries- контракултура noun (any culture whose values and lifestyles are opposed to those of the established mainstream culture, especially to western culture)
Malay
1 entries- budaya tentangan noun (any culture whose values and lifestyles are opposed to those of the established mainstream culture, especially to western culture)
Malayalam
1 entries- പ്രതിസംസ്കാരം noun (any culture whose values and lifestyles are opposed to those of the established mainstream culture, especially to western culture)
Māori
1 entries- ahurea ātete noun (any culture whose values and lifestyles are opposed to those of the established mainstream culture, especially to western culture)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- motkultur noun (any culture whose values and lifestyles are opposed to those of the established mainstream culture, especially to western culture)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- motkultur noun (any culture whose values and lifestyles are opposed to those of the established mainstream culture, especially to western culture)
Persian
1 entries- پادفرهنگ noun (any culture whose values and lifestyles are opposed to those of the established mainstream culture, especially to western culture)
Polish
1 entries- kontrkultura noun (any culture whose values and lifestyles are opposed to those of the established mainstream culture, especially to western culture)
Portuguese
1 entries- contracultura noun (any culture whose values and lifestyles are opposed to those of the established mainstream culture, especially to western culture)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਕਾਉਂਟਰਕਲਚਰ noun (any culture whose values and lifestyles are opposed to those of the established mainstream culture, especially to western culture)
Romanian
1 entries- contracultură noun (any culture whose values and lifestyles are opposed to those of the established mainstream culture, especially to western culture)
Russian
1 entries- контркульту́ра noun (any culture whose values and lifestyles are opposed to those of the established mainstream culture, especially to western culture)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- kontrakultúra noun (any culture whose values and lifestyles are opposed to those of the established mainstream culture, especially to western culture)
- контракулту́ра noun (any culture whose values and lifestyles are opposed to those of the established mainstream culture, especially to western culture)
Slovak
1 entries- kontrakultúra noun (any culture whose values and lifestyles are opposed to those of the established mainstream culture, especially to western culture)
Slovene
1 entries- protikultura noun (any culture whose values and lifestyles are opposed to those of the established mainstream culture, especially to western culture)
Spanish
1 entries- contracultura noun (any culture whose values and lifestyles are opposed to those of the established mainstream culture, especially to western culture)
Swedish
1 entries- motkultur noun (any culture whose values and lifestyles are opposed to those of the established mainstream culture, especially to western culture)
Thai
1 entries- วัฒนธรรมต่อต้าน noun (any culture whose values and lifestyles are opposed to those of the established mainstream culture, especially to western culture)
Turkish
1 entries- karşıkültür noun (any culture whose values and lifestyles are opposed to those of the established mainstream culture, especially to western culture)
Ukrainian
1 entries- контркульту́ра noun (any culture whose values and lifestyles are opposed to those of the established mainstream culture, especially to western culture)
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Seneca's literary contemporary, Petronius, reflected the " seamy " side of city life by representing Roman "counterculture" in his racy and imaginative farce the Satyricon.
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Finally, of course, there is an unending succession of countercultures oriented around lifestyle choices and recreational interests, from nudists and health food enthusiasts to Polar Bear Clubs and skateboarders.
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The concert was a cultural happening for members of the counterculture in the St. Louis area.
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