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subsocieties

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variants or sub-societies

plural of subsociety

as in subcultures

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For people who feel unseen in their offline lives, creators can offer language, humor, information, and entry into subcultures that once would have been hard to find.

— Belonging Forum, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
The Hippyatnik festival, which first started in 1972, is known to be a gathering place for members of various subcultures; activities range from singing and dancing to body painting, cosplay, and sword fighting.

— Lesya Lapina & Sergey Hyugge, The Dial, 21 July 2026

Definition of subcultures

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Linguistic diversity is not a good acquired at no expense to the societies that have chosen it (or been forced to choose it) over homogeneity.

— Nikhil Krishnan, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
Storms smash into cities, disease shuts down whole societies, and millions of humans migrate across the globe.

— Robert Rubsam, The Atlantic, 20 July 2026

Definition of societies

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Translator and philologist Carlota Palacin Jordan believes sufrir demonstrates how nuances in languages can be influenced by cultures and missed in literal translations.

— Colin Millar, New York Times, 19 July 2026
The new name could be written with eight strokes in Japanese, which was also a deciding factor in changing the brand name—eight being associated with wealth and fortune in many East Asian cultures.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 17 July 2026

Definition of cultures

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For thousands of years, people have built in places where the earth roared long before human civilizations arose.

— Syra Ortiz-Blanes, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026
Nakassis, who has spent his career studying the archaeological record of the Mycenaean and other early Greek civilizations, is sympathetic to the practical challenge a film production depicting the ancient world faces.

— Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 22 July 2026

Definition of civilizations

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Miami has become one of the country’s hottest destinations for Americans looking to lower their tax bills and upgrade their lifestyles.

— Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 19 July 2026
Welcome to the strange phenomenon of people expressing anger or helplessness to online content creators or writers who don’t acknowledge their specific lifestyles or limitations.

— Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 16 July 2026

Definition of lifestyles

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