microculture

noun

mi·​cro·​cul·​ture ˈmī-krō-ˌkəl-chər 

1

: a microscopic culture of cells or organisms

2

: the culture of a small group of human beings with limited perspective

microcultural

ˌmī-krō-ˈkəlch-rəl 

-ˈkəl-chə-

adjective

Examples of microculture in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

One of the best ways to guard against this is to build a microculture with like-minded people who are interested in positive interactions. —Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2023

Rebrands are essentially an opportunity to pivot from one microculture into another. —Expert Panel®, Forbes, 28 Jan. 2022

Many of the restaurants featured on the show have their own microculture. —Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 24 Nov. 2021

This is not to say that teams that have a microculture are insular. —Kartik Mandaville, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2021

There is such a strange microculture to footballers’ fashion and style and the design that goes around it. —Alicia Lutes, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2021

This year, monoculture floundered, but microculture flourished. —Jason Kehe, Wired, 21 Dec. 2020

Word History

First Known Use

1893, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for microculture

• agriculture
• apiculture
• aquaculture
• counterculture
• floriculture
• horticulture
• mariculture
• monoculture
• sericulture
• silviculture
• viticulture
• arboriculture

Medical Definition

microculture

noun

mi·​cro·​cul·​ture ˈmī-krō-ˌkəl-chər 

: a microscopic culture of cells or organisms

a microculture of lymphocytes

microcultural

ˌmī-krō-ˈkəlch-(ə-)rəl 

adjective