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Definition of subculture
1a : a culture (as of bacteria) derived from another cultureb : an act or instance of producing a subculture
2 : an ethnic, regional, economic, or social group exhibiting characteristic patterns of behavior sufficient to distinguish it from others within an embracing culture or society a criminal subculture
subculturally
adverbsubculture
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Examples of subculture in a Sentence
a subculture of local painters
a subculture of poverty and crime
Recent Examples of subculture from the Web
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Coach came of age as American style and subcultures and counter-cultures were forming.
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Groups of young people had spent years building and participating in what felt to them like an independent subculture.
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The debate happening in this Payne Land courtyard is playing out across the country among subcultures and communities of women who, on both sides of the issue, are grappling with what beauty really means—and what sacrifices are worth making for it.
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Built to Fail, premiering at the Los Angeles Film Festival on Saturday, explores the fashion phenom that has gone from the subcultures of the skate and punk movement to a mainstream $70 billion industry.
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Spaces that have traditionally been held for — and by — subcultures have lost their character as new residents seek out places that aren’t dominated by sunglasses-indoors-throwing-their-money-around dudes.
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That’s because much of the novel is written using Nadsat, a dystopian teenage subculture language fusing British rhyming slang and Russian that Burgess created for the book.
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But even in a subculture devoted to community-building, things can take a less innocent turn, spawning private GroupMe messages and group texts used as backchannels for sharing non-politically correct content.
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But in both images, Burra used form and content to communicate the joie de vivre of gay subcultures.
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First Known Use of subculture
1885
Other Sociology Terms
SUBCULTURE Defined for English Language Learners
subculture
playDefinition of subculture for English Language Learners
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: a group that has beliefs and behaviors that are different from the main groups within a culture or society
Medical Dictionary
subculture
Medical Definition of subculture
subcultured
;subculturing
: to culture (as bacteria) anew on a fresh medium by inoculation from an older culture
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