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counterculturist

counterculturist

8.6
A person who rejects common social rules and follows different ways of living
  • noun
  • /ˈkaʊntərˌkʌltʃərɪst/
translation icon : contraculturalista
  • Many counterculturists challenge societal norms by promoting alternative lifestyles and values.

Examples

  • But, to return to the immediate issue, it will not be in the vanguard of the New Left counterculturists who are intent on restructuring the university and its curriculum.

    Academic text (1995)

  • As a committed counterculturist, he often organized events that celebrated art and music outside the mainstream.

  • The documentary features interviews with counterculturists who fled conventional society for a more liberated existence.

Synonyms

hipster
vscounterculturist
54 6.6

A person who prefers alternative clothes, music, and ideas to mainstream culture

is an active supporter who belongs to a shared oppositional movement
nonconformist
vscounterculturist
3 7.3

A person who does not follow the usual customs or rules of society

is a committed participant in a shared oppositional movement

Antonyms

conformist
2 5.7

A person who follows rules and usual ways instead of trying new ideas

How Countercultural

activist
6 3.7
counterculturist
8.6
conformist
2 5.7

Surface Forms

counterculturist singular
counterculturists plural

Morphology

counterculturist = counterculture (transparent) = counterculture + ist

Formed from 'counterculture' + '-ist'; the agentive meaning 'person who supports or belongs to a counterculture' is directly derivable.

Etymology

The word counterculturist breaks into counter meaning 'against', culture meaning 'way of life', and -ist meaning 'person who does something'. So a counterculturist is a person who lives or acts against the main culture and its usual ideas.