microculture
- noun
- /ˈmaɪkroʊˌkʌltʃər/
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microcultura
- Further, he indicated that individuals who are socialized in the same culture or microculture are more likely to have shared meanings or symbols than individuals who are socialized within different microcultures, cultures, and nations.
Examples
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Danny's appetite is the spirit of the place: the excesses of an entire microculture are concentrated in his one body.
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But our geographies are being scrambled by the internet and its microcultures, and our economy is being dispersed by the same forces.
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But in fact, the microculture is now larger than that.
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We both got fed up with the microculture of studying German history.
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They were living in a technologically medieval microculture.
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Further, he indicated that individuals who are socialized in the same culture or microculture are more likely to have shared meanings or symbols than individuals who are socialized within different microcultures, cultures, and nations.
Academic text (2011) -
It is a function of its extreme fragmentation, countless subcultures, countercultures, and microcultures, ironies and meta-ironies.
Blog text (12) -
In Logan's analysis, a firm—or an entire society—is best understood as a mosaic of interlocking tribes, each with its own microculture.
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The artists formed a unique microculture that celebrated local traditions through their music and dance.
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Within the tech community, a microculture has emerged that focuses on open-source projects and collaborative development.
Synonyms
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5.4
A group inside a larger society with different values or interests
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8.4
A small group or place that shows what a larger society is like
How Different
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Etymology
Microculture combines micro- 'small', as in microscope, and culture 'a shared way of life' or 'customs'. So a microculture is a 'small culture', a small group inside a larger community with its own habits and values.