counterculture
pronunciation
How to pronounce counterculture in British English:
UK [ˈkaʊntəkʌltʃə(r)]
How to pronounce counterculture in American English:
US [ˈkaʊntərkʌltʃə(r)]
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- Noun:
- a culture with lifestyles and values opposed to those of the established culture
Word Origin
- counterculture (n.)
- also counter-culture, counter culture, 1968, from counter- + culture (q.v.). Popularized by, and perhaps coined in, the book "The Making of a Counter Culture" by Theodore Roszak. As an adjective by 1972.
Example
- 1. The best counterculture now is in biology .
- 2. A child of the 1960s counterculture , he abhorred materialism and lived in simply furnished houses ( in part because he was too picky to decide on furniture ) .