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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By the late sixties, the counterculture was beginning to break into prime-time television.
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Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
The film marks his second time grappling with the postmodern author’s ideas on screen, following 2014’s Inherent Vice, a rueful elegy to California counterculture, which was itself the first, and to date only, official adaptation of Pynchon in cinema.
—Rory Doherty, Time, 26 Sep. 2025
By the 1960s and 1970s, as the youth market exploded and memories of war faded, advertising campaigns for German companies such as Volkswagen promoted their products as symbols of the counterculture.
—Robert M. Ehrenreich, JSTOR Daily, 24 Sep. 2025
The counterculture of the 1960s and 1970s would be proud.
—Katie Nixon, Nashville Tennessean, 23 Sep. 2025
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Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
The film marks his second time grappling with the postmodern author’s ideas on screen, following 2014’s Inherent Vice, a rueful elegy to California counterculture, which was itself the first, and to date only, official adaptation of Pynchon in cinema.
—Rory Doherty, Time, 26 Sep. 2025
By the 1960s and 1970s, as the youth market exploded and memories of war faded, advertising campaigns for German companies such as Volkswagen promoted their products as symbols of the counterculture.
—Robert M. Ehrenreich, JSTOR Daily, 24 Sep. 2025
The counterculture of the 1960s and 1970s would be proud.
—Katie Nixon, Nashville Tennessean, 23 Sep. 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 3 Oct. 2025.
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