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
The missing pages of Japanese Americans’ impact on LA’s car culture left a void in the subculture’s history.
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Charlie Vargas, Oc Register, 17 Oct. 2025
This simple premise nonetheless hints at a deeper mythology underpinning our everyday life (think John Wick’s assassin subculture, but with fangs).
—Neil McRobert, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2025
Gibbs' binders full of sheet music touch all sorts of subcultures.
—Leo Bertucci, Louisville Courier Journal, 9 Oct. 2025
Similarly, in Theses Against Occultism, Theodor Adorno analyzes the interwar culture and subculture in the same light.
—Angelica Frey, JSTOR Daily, 8 Oct. 2025
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Charlie Vargas, Oc Register, 17 Oct. 2025
This simple premise nonetheless hints at a deeper mythology underpinning our everyday life (think John Wick’s assassin subculture, but with fangs).
—Neil McRobert, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2025
Gibbs' binders full of sheet music touch all sorts of subcultures.
—Leo Bertucci, Louisville Courier Journal, 9 Oct. 2025
Similarly, in Theses Against Occultism, Theodor Adorno analyzes the interwar culture and subculture in the same light.
—Angelica Frey, JSTOR Daily, 8 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for subculture
Recent Examples of Synonyms for subculture
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The entry of the American brand helped spur the rise of a thriving coffee culture among the burgeoning middle class of a country that traditionally drank tea, and Starbucks soon became a symbol of Western influence in a more affluent China.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
5 Nov. 2025
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The goal of the program, arranged through the hotel concierge, is to encourage discovery of the soul of an area through bold design, local culture, and meaningful connections.—
Robb Report Studio,
Robb Report,
5 Nov. 2025
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Safer and more efficient batteries For society, such advances mean safer and more efficient batteries that accelerate the transition to clean energy.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Nov. 2025
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Any novel about a train is a study of society and its ineradicable divisions.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Subculture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subculture. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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