subcultural
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- adjective
- /ˌsʌbˈkʌltʃərəl/
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subcultural
- Many young people find a sense of belonging in their subcultural groups, which express unique values and styles.
- subcultural capital
- subcultural groups
- subcultural variation
Examples
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Their beliefs and attitudes toward crime were of particular interest, as these beliefs can be illustrative of subcultural orientations.
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In fact, people were more reluctant to talk about race than about social class or subcultural groupings.
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It's a subcultural event, sweetheart, it's our responsibility to be there.
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For many ethnic groups, music is a vital source of subcultural identity.
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Yet the individual gains a sense of identity and belonging through identification with this subcultural consumer group.
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Does official government support not in fact further remove the subcultural expression from its essential social context of marginality and opposition?
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However, it was appropriated and transformed by other subcultural sectors.
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Hence, the income gap between native blacks and native whites is likely due to subcultural differences.
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I'm going to skip this, but it was picked up by the networks, not as this strange kind of weird subcultural thing, but as authentic news.
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Some Japanese subcultural genres, including manga (comics) and anime (Japanese animation), are more LGBT inclusive.
Academic text (2018)
How Distinct
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word subcultural comes from sub- ('under') — the same sub- you see in subway or submarine — and culture ('shared way of life' or habits). So a subcultural group is a smaller group within a larger culture that has its own values and styles.