counterculture
noun
coun·ter·cul·ture
ˈkau̇n-tər-ˌkəl-chər 
: a culture with values and mores that run counter to those of established society
Examples of counterculture in a Sentence
the counterculture of the hippies
He was part of the antiwar counterculture.
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Riley was a pioneer of West Coast counterculture, whose ecstatically looping patterns had influenced psychedelic rock.
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Alex Ross, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
Vans is sticking to its counterculture aesthetic this holiday season for its newest campaign.
—Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 3 Nov. 2025
Released 30 years earlier, in December 1966, the song was a response to the Sunset Strip curfew riots—counterculture-era clashes between police and young people in Los Angeles.
—Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 1 Nov. 2025
The vans, some of which had as many as 23 windows and now sell for more than $100,000, became the vehicle of the counterculture.
—James Raia, Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2025
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Alex Ross, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
Vans is sticking to its counterculture aesthetic this holiday season for its newest campaign.
—Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 3 Nov. 2025
Released 30 years earlier, in December 1966, the song was a response to the Sunset Strip curfew riots—counterculture-era clashes between police and young people in Los Angeles.
—Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 1 Nov. 2025
The vans, some of which had as many as 23 windows and now sell for more than $100,000, became the vehicle of the counterculture.
—James Raia, Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for counterculture
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“Counterculture.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/counterculture. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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