subculture

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sub·cul·ture | \ ˈsəb-ˌkəl-chər

Definition of subculture

1a : a culture (as of bacteria) derived from another culture

b : 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

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Other Words from subculture

subcultural \ ˌsəb-ˈkəlch-rəl

, -ˈkəl-chə- \ adjective

subculturally adverb

subculture transitive verb

Examples of subculture in a Sentence

a subculture of local painters a subculture of poverty and crime

Recent Examples on the Web Strong winds and the right swells can bring waves of up to 10 feet to its shores, and those conditions have created an unexpected subculture of Great Lakes surfers. — Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online, 14 Mar. 2022 There’s a growing subculture of people who have set their sights on completing outdoor running and hiking feats and breaking arcane records in the process. — Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2022 Etymologists have been unable to track the positive sense of wicked to a particular subculture. — Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Mar. 2022 Subsequently a subculture has grown up around the play. — San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2022 Patricia, Julia’s older sister, smart and chic, who is ready to take advantage of the booming property values, to move the house at a profit, and leave behind the neighborhood that once nurtured an Hispanic subculture. — Bo Emerson, ajc, 25 Jan. 2022 No wonder companies built around giving users ways to broadcast their identity and social status are eager to give an extremely fast-growing, wealthy and influential subculture a new way to do that. — Washington Post, 22 Jan. 2022 Seifert is a digital artist and also a member of the furry fandom, the subculture in which members enjoy making art and dressing up as anthropomorphized characters. — Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 11 Apr. 2022 Not so with McGrath’s debut effort, which gives readers an indelible American character, a mashup of Huck Finn, Christopher McCandless, and Forrest Gump who thrives in a riverbank subculture far removed from politics and Twitter. — Elizabeth Hightower Allen, Outside Online, 8 Apr. 2022 See More

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