counterculture
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7.3
- noun
- /ˈkaʊntərˌkʌlʧər/
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contracultura
- But when he encountered the counterculture and anti-war movements in the United States, he decided to stay.
- subcultures and countercultures
- counterculture movement
- 1960s counterculture
So that's not, you know, this is not counterculture anymore.
- So that's not, you know, this is not counterculture anymore.
- And I think that this is people doing the whole counterculture thing.
- Everything was somewhat conformist, but conformist to a counterculture.
- And through my theater training and then through my career, it was always the counterculture weirdness that spoke to me.
- It was through Gottlieb that LSD leaked out of laboratories and into the counterculture.
- So by the time that the counterculture starts forming, this is one of their books in certain respects.
- And he started the drug war trying to basically remove the the chemical infrastructure of the counterculture.
- Do you predict a, how do you say a tradition counterculture coming at some point soon, then?
- And it's counterculture in the sense that it's really old principles, I would call them.
- Is the shift from being a counterculture or an underground culture to an above culture of the culture?
- I mean there were some years where it was considered kind of counterculture woo magic carpet weirdo stuff by western science.
- So it's quite counterculture plus just difficult to be able to sort of be creative today.
Examples
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The marijuana trade picked up in the 1960s and 1970s with rising demand from the U.S. counterculture.
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And I think since the collapse of the counterculture, it's a lot harder.
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That was the counterculture of its day.
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The point is that the Counterculture was all through this area and it was also all through the tech world.
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The role of counterculture is to wake up the mainstream.
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I saw her as the poster child for the counterculture, which was now being labeled the New Age.
Academic text (2001) -
It's a fantastic book about early Apple days and how hippie counterculture influenced jobs in Apple.
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The sport provided an important vehicle for the urban counterculture to challenge Victorian sensibilities.
Academic text (1993) -
Her friends are depicted in their counterculture regalia of headbands, moccasins, and blankets.
Academic text (2004) -
In the 1960s, many young people embraced a counterculture that rejected mainstream values and promoted peace and love.
Synonyms
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5.4
A group inside a larger society with different values or interests
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4.7
A way of living that is different from most people's daily life
Antonyms
How Countercultural
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word counterculture is made from counter- meaning 'against', like in counterattack, and culture meaning 'way of life'. So a counterculture is a group whose way of life and values are 'against' the mainstream society.