counterculture

noun

coun·ter·cul·ture ˈkau̇n-tər-ˌkəl-chər

: a culture with values and mores that run counter to those of established society

countercultural

ˌkau̇n-tər-ˈkəlch-rəl

-ˈkəl-chə-

adjective

counterculturalism

ˌkau̇n-tər-ˈkəlch-rə-ˌli-zəm

-ˈkəl-chə-

noun

counterculturist

ˌkau̇n-tər-ˈkəlch-rə-list

-ˈkəl-chə-

noun

Examples of counterculture in a Sentence

the counterculture of the hippies He was part of the antiwar counterculture.

Recent Examples on the Web Haight Ashbury, the epicenter of 60s counterculture adjacent to Golden Gate Park and the de Young Museum, remains artsy. —

Chadd Scott, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024 Communal arrangements are seen as a toll paid by the poor, the young, and counterculture weirdos. —

Lola Milholland, TIME, 3 Sep. 2024 At a bar in the Haight-Ashbury — the neighborhood famous as the epicenter of Hippie counterculture — nearly 100 Republicans gathered to drink beer and root for Trump, including Jacob Spangler, president of the College Republicans at San Francisco State University. —

Mackenzie Mays, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2024 The intertwining of psychedelics with 1960s counterculture and music had profound and unfortunate consequences. —

Milan Kordestani, Rolling Stone, 9 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for counterculture

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