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There are aspects of Asian culture in my work, but it's really rooted in an American experience - transcendentalism, '60s counterculture, punk rock.
Fred Tomaselli

Meaning of "counterculture" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF COUNTERCULTURE

counterculture  [ˈkaʊntəˌkʌltʃə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COUNTERCULTURE

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Counterculture is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES COUNTERCULTURE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

counterculture

Counterculture

A counterculture is a subculture whose values and norms of behavior differ substantially from those of mainstream society, often in opposition to mainstream cultural mores. A countercultural movement expresses the ethos and aspirations of a specific population during a well-defined era. When oppositional forces reach critical mass, countercultures can trigger dramatic cultural changes. Prominent examples of countercultures in Europe and North America include Romanticism, Bohemianism, the more fragmentary counterculture of the Beat Generation, and perhaps most prominently, the counterculture of the 1960s, usually associated with the hippie subculture.

Definition of counterculture in the English dictionary

The definition of counterculture in the dictionary is an alternative culture, deliberately at variance with the social norm.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH COUNTERCULTURE


agriculture
ˈæɡrɪˌkʌltʃə
apiculture
ˈeɪpɪˌkʌltʃə
aquaculture
ˈækwəˌkʌltʃə
arboriculture
ˈɑːbərɪˌkʌltʃə
aviculture
ˈeɪvɪˌkʌltʃə
floriculture
ˈflɔːrɪˌkʌltʃə
horticulture
ˈhɔːtɪˌkʌltʃə
interculture
ˈɪntəˌkʌltʃə
mariculture
ˈmærɪˌkʌltʃə
monoculture
ˈmɒnəʊˌkʌltʃə
permaculture
ˈpɜːməˌkʌltʃə
pisciculture
ˈpɪsɪˌkʌltʃə
polyculture
ˈpɒlɪˌkʌltʃə
sericulture
ˈsɛrɪˌkʌltʃə
silviculture
ˈsɪlvɪˌkʌltʃə
subculture
ˈsʌbˌkʌltʃə
sylviculture
ˈsɪlvɪˌkʌltʃə
vermiculture
ˈvɜːmɪˌkʌltʃə
viniculture
ˈvɪnɪˌkʌltʃə
viticulture
ˈvɪtɪˌkʌltʃə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COUNTERCULTURE

countercampaign
counterchange
countercharge
countercharm
countercheck
counterclaim
counterclaimant
counterclockwise
counterconditioning
countercoup
countercry
countercultural
countercurrent
countercyclical
counterdemand
counterdemonstration
counterdraw
countereffort
counterespionage
counterevidence

WORDS THAT END LIKE COUNTERCULTURE

adventure
bearded vulture
black vulture
blame culture
cell culture
club culture
coculture
corporate culture
culture
culture vulture
gun culture
long-hours culture
organizational culture
ostreiculture
popular culture
pure culture
sepulture
tissue culture
turkey vulture
vulture
youth culture

Synonyms and antonyms of counterculture in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «counterculture» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COUNTERCULTURE

Find out the translation of counterculture to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of counterculture from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «counterculture» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

反传统
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

contracultura
570 millions of speakers

English

counterculture
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

काउंटरकल्चर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المضادة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

контркультура
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

contracultura
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিপরীত সংস্কৃতি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

contre-
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Peniaga
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Gegen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

カウンターカルチャー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

반체제
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Counterculture
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phản văn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வங்கிபணங்கள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रतिलिपी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

karşı kültür
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

controcultura
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kontrkultury
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

контркультура
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

contraculturii
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αντικουλτούρα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

counter
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

counter
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

motkultur
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of counterculture

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COUNTERCULTURE»

The term «counterculture» is regularly used and occupies the 79.765 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «COUNTERCULTURE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about counterculture

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7 QUOTES WITH «COUNTERCULTURE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word counterculture.
1
Yochai Benkler
Seeing Anonymous primarily as a cybersecurity threat is like analyzing the breadth of the antiwar movement and 1960s counterculture by focusing only on the Weathermen.
2
John Mayall
I get most of my news from the Jon Stewart Daily Show. It's the most level commentary you can find. You have to laugh, because it's all so true. It's the closest thing to a counterculture.
3
Chris Robinson
The counterculture has nothing to do with Dolce & Gabbana having a 'Hippy Summer' or something. Street kids, and kids who want to live in any sort of counter-cultural experience other than what's being presented by the mainstream media or political climate, or 'normal' cultural climate, are never going to look like that.
4
Jerry Saltz
'Summer of Love: Art of the Psychedelic Era,' the Whitney Museum's 40th-anniversary trip down counterculture memory lane, provides moments of buzzy fun, but it'll leave you only comfortably numb. For starters, it may be the whitest, straightest, most conservative show seen in a New York museum since psychedelia was new.
5
Al Seckel
I have not been part of an active counterculture movement, as it is not the approach that I have personally pursued to create a qualitatively beneficial and meaningful impact on society. Perhaps, my belief is along the old saying that 'it is always better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.'
6
Al Seckel
I have not been part of an active counterculture movement, as it is not the approach that I have personally pursued to create a qualitatively beneficial and meaningful impact on society.
7
Fred Tomaselli
There are aspects of Asian culture in my work, but it's really rooted in an American experience - transcendentalism, '60s counterculture, punk rock.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COUNTERCULTURE»

Discover the use of counterculture in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to counterculture and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
From Counterculture to Cyberculture: Stewart Brand, the ...
Fred Turner here traces the previously untold story of a highly influential group of San Francisco Bay–area entrepreneurs: Stewart Brand and the Whole Earth network.
Fred Turner, 2010
2
What the Dormouse Said: How the Sixties Counterculture ...
What the Dormouse Said is a poignant, funny, and inspiring book by one of the smartest technology writers around.
John Markoff, 2005
3
Imagine Nation: The American Counterculture of the 1960's ...
Amidst the recent flourishing of Sixties scholarship, Imagine Nation is the first collection to focus solely on the counterculture.
Peter Braunstein, Michael William Doyle, 2013
4
The Conquest of Cool: Business Culture, Counterculture, and ...
Looks at advertising during the 1960s, focusing on the relationship between the counterculture movement and commerce
Thomas Frank, 1997
5
The American Counterculture
This book looks at the ways in which Hollywood and corporate record labels commodified and adapted countercultural texts, and the extent to which countercultural artists and their texts were appropriated
Christopher Gair, 2007
6
Refried Elvis: The Rise of the Mexican Counterculture
From the arrival of Elvis in Mexico during the 1950s to the emergence of a full-blown counterculture movement by the late 1960s and into the 70s, Zolov uses rock to illuminate Mexican history.
Eric Zolov, 1999
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Jim Crow's Counterculture: The Blues and Black Southerners, ...
By uncovering the stories of artists who expressed much in their music but left little record in traditional historical sources, Jim Crow's Counterculture offers a fresh perspective on the historical experiences of black Americans and ...
R. A. Lawson, 2010
8
Music of the Counterculture Era
Presents a history of popular music during the 1960s and 1970s and weighs its influence on the art, politics, and culture of the era.
James E. Perone, 2004
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Encyclopedia of the Sixties: A Decade of Culture and ...
Thus, unlike works that emphasize only the radical and revolutionary aspects of the period to the exclusion of everything else, these volumes include the political and cultural Right, taking a more academic than nostalgic approach and ...
Abbe A. Debolt, James S. Baugess, 2011
10
The Counterculture Movement of the 1960s
Looks at the 1960s counterculture movement in the United States, providing historical background, viewpoints from advocates, and an examination of the component movements, including hippie culture, black power and civil rights, the sexual ...
William S. McConnell, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COUNTERCULTURE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term counterculture is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The Grateful Dead: The Ship of the Sun Bids Farewell
The Grateful Dead were the headlight on the train known as the Sixties counterculture. Or, as the quotation from the Tibetan Book of the Dead ... «CounterPunch, Jul 15»
2
Being "Countercultural" Is Not a Virtue
Both of these, of course, feature prominently in Jesus' own counterculture of the kingdom of God (see, for instance, Luke 18:18-30). Perhaps ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
3
Buscabulla Tap Trouble and Boricua Culture From Puerto Rico to …
It's almost even more important because it taps into this smaller counterculture that exists within Latin America or those living here in the city ... «Village Voice, Jul 15»
4
The Bristling Activism Behind Kevin Carnes' Relentless Beat
... long tradition of radical rock and roll and counterculture funk, from MC5 to Funkadelic, whose mastermind George Clinton you worked with on ... «Houston Press, Jul 15»
5
Lewis Carroll Was Not on Drugs, and Other Surprising Facts About …
“It's a misconception that we have, especially because the story has been so appropriated in the '60s by counterculture movements,” Vega said. «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
6
'What Nerve!': Matthew Marks Looks Beyond New York for Summer …
... and Funk Art–that worked largely outside of New York and Los Angeles, often operating at the intersection of art, comics, and counterculture. «ARTnews, Jul 15»
7
115 years of marijuana coverage
In the 1960s and 1970s, the drug became more associated with counterculture, with hippies wandering around in a “sea of mud, sickness and ... «The Seattle Times, Jul 15»
8
9 Surprisingly Conservative Hollywood Celebrities
In the late 1960s and '70s, Dennis Hopper was basically a counterculture mascot, a poster child for everything gone wrong with the country, ... «AlterNet, Jul 15»
9
R. EMMETT TYRRELL: Bernie Sanders' flower-child roots
From a counterculture newspaper of the era, the Vermont Freeman, the New York Times quotes Bernie as inveighing against New York City's ... «Washington Times, Jul 15»
10
Tangerine Review
... the counterculture takeover of Hollywood following the release of Easy Rider. “We want to make little, personal, honest movies,” said Hopper, ... «We Got This Covered, Jul 15»

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