microculture

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mi·cro·cul·ture | \ ˈmī-krō-ˌkəl-chər

Definition of microculture

1 : a microscopic culture of cells or organisms

2 : the culture of a small group of human beings with limited perspective

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Recent Examples on the Web Rebrands are essentially an opportunity to pivot from one microculture into another. — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 28 Jan. 2022 Many of the restaurants featured on the show have their own microculture. — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 24 Nov. 2021 This is not to say that teams that have a microculture are insular. — Kartik Mandaville, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2021 There is such a strange microculture to footballers’ fashion and style and the design that goes around it. — Alicia Lutes, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2021 This year, monoculture floundered, but microculture flourished. — Jason Kehe, Wired, 21 Dec. 2020

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