Thesaurus results for SUBCULTURE

subculture

noun

as in culture

a group that has beliefs and behaviors that are different from the main groups within a culture or society a subculture of local painters a subculture of poverty and crime

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Recent Examples of subculture There’s an image of New York City, calcified in film, memoir, and newsprint, of a city built on a foundation of scruffy subcultures, especially those communities grounded in the city’s hundreds of distinct diasporas. —

Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Apr. 2026 The subculture was helped into the mainstream by South Africa’s sports minister Gayton McKenzie, noted the BBC. —

Semafor Staff, semafor.com, 24 Apr. 2026 The community is an online subculture that emerged from forums established after the Columbine massacre to discuss and, in some cases, glorify such violence. —

Maria Verza, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026 Berlin, shaped by division, ideology, subculture, and transformation, resonates strongly with the tensions at the heart of Balkan Erotic Epic, between East and West, communism and capitalism, and competing historical narratives. —

George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 20 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for subculture

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Noun

Its ownership by Beijing Tourism Group explains the dedication to local art, design, and culture here.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 May 2026
But the latest allegations have exposed persistent doubts about whether those reforms truly changed the culture of Capitol Hill, or merely altered the procedures surrounding misconduct complaints while leaving the underlying power dynamics largely intact.

— Nik Popli, Time, 11 May 2026