microculture

noun

mi·​cro·​cul·​ture ˈmī-krō-ˌkəl-chər 

1

: a microscopic culture of cells or organisms

2

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

microcultural

ˌmī-krō-ˈkəlch-rəl 

-ˈkəl-chə-

adjective

Examples of microculture in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

One of the best ways to guard against this is to build a microculture with like-minded people who are interested in positive interactions. — Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2023

Many of the restaurants featured on the show have their own microculture. — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 24 Nov. 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

Word History

First Known Use

1893, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for microculture

• agriculture
• apiculture
• aquaculture
• counterculture
• floriculture
• horticulture
• mariculture
• monoculture
• sericulture
• silviculture
• viticulture
• arboriculture

Medical Definition

microculture

noun

mi·​cro·​cul·​ture ˈmī-krō-ˌkəl-chər 

: a microscopic culture of cells or organisms

a microculture of lymphocytes

microcultural

ˌmī-krō-ˈkəlch-(ə-)rəl 

adjective