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counterculture::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | culture |
| Has types | flower power |
Examples of counterculture
counterculture
With dismaying speed, the style of counterculture was consumed by the corporate.
From the guardian.co.uk
Entering the bureaucratic maze is not the typical way of a counterculture group.
From the stltoday.com
Even members of the counterculture seem unassailably attached to the automobile.
From the economist.com
In both the mainstream and the counterculture, they connote order and authority.
From the nytimes.com
Except to counterculture antimaterialists, it's a universal object of adoration.
From the miamiherald.com
In the Oedipal drama of the counterculture, Frank was the daddy-o who must die.
From the time.com
That has a lot to do with the counterculture that flourished in 1960s California.
From the guardian.co.uk
This philosophy resonated greatly with readers in the counterculture at the time.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Yippies organized alternative institutions in their counterculture communities.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- A culture with lifestyles and values opposed to those of the established culture
- (countercultural) values, thinking, and actions not normally accepted by society as a whole
- A set of cultural ideas that, to some extent, differ from and conflict with, those generally upheld in the society. A counterculture develops when members of groups identify common values that distinguish them from others. ...
- Groups that express antagonism toward the existing social and political order, and propose alternative ways of organizing society. ...
- Groups of young people that adopt an unconventional lifestyle as an alternative to the perceived hypocrisy and inequity of the dominant cultural norm. ...
- Alternative information from the underground press to the internet: Exit Art, New York City, February 24 - May 29; Cultural economies: histories the the alternative arts movement, NYC...
- A subculture that is opposed to the dominant values in a society. See counter-site, heterotopia.
- A group or subset within a society that more or less intentionally adopts behaviors, beliefs, or practices that are at odds with or opposed to the mainstream of society.
- Cultural patterns that strongly oppose those widely accepted within a society
