as in culture
a group that has beliefs and behaviors that are different from the main groups within a culture or society
a subculture of local painters a subculture of poverty and crime
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Columbine expert Dave Cullen has addressed the subculture, known as TCC or TeeCeeCee online.
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Jolene Almendarez, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2025
Adorned with gilded buttons, her look nodded to fashions of the Victorian and Edwardian eras, key influences of the goth subculture.
—Hannah Malach, WWD, 4 Mar. 2025
Williamson spends the entire movie moving from one L.A. locale and subculture to another, meeting a motley crew of criminals rich, scrappy, and everything in between, along the way.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 24 Feb. 2025
His aunt, Kim Bowen, a stylist who was part of London’s 1970s New Romantic subculture, known for its flamboyant fashion, lived and worked in Los Angeles in the 1990s.
—Tammy Lagorce, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
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Jolene Almendarez, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2025
Adorned with gilded buttons, her look nodded to fashions of the Victorian and Edwardian eras, key influences of the goth subculture.
—Hannah Malach, WWD, 4 Mar. 2025
Williamson spends the entire movie moving from one L.A. locale and subculture to another, meeting a motley crew of criminals rich, scrappy, and everything in between, along the way.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 24 Feb. 2025
His aunt, Kim Bowen, a stylist who was part of London’s 1970s New Romantic subculture, known for its flamboyant fashion, lived and worked in Los Angeles in the 1990s.
—Tammy Lagorce, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
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“Subculture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subculture. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.
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