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counterculture

coun·ter·cul·ture [ kówntər kùlchər ] (plural coun·ter·cul·tures)

noun

Definition:

culture in opposition to mainstream society: a culture that has ideas and ways of behaving that are consciously and deliberately very different from the cultural values of the larger society that it is part of

coun·ter·cul·tur·al [ kòwntər kúlchərəl ] adjective

coun·ter·cul·tur·ist noun