Subculture

Definitions

1. A portion of a culture distinguished by its customs or other features, often in contrast to the larger mainstream culture.
2. A culture made by transferring microorganisms from a previous culture to a fresh growth medium

Equivalents

Examples

“The goth subculture has its own⟳ mode of dress, and it has a characteristic musical style.”

“Like⟳ those activities, bodybuilding is an obsession, a living (for a few), and a way of life for the people involved in it—a subculture, in a word, with its own⟳ values, aesthetics and vocabulary.”

“Joybubbles (the legal name⟳ of the former Joe Engressia since 1991), a blind genius with perfect pitch who accidentally found he could make⟳ free phone calls by whistling tones and went on to play⟳ a pivotal role in the 1970s subculture of “phone phreaks,” died on Aug. 8 in Minneapolis.”

“White Americans are transitioning toward minority status for the first time. As they do, perhaps their ways will be treated less as the default mainstream, and more as subcultures among subcultures.”

“White evangelicals once saw⟳ themselves “as the owners of mainstream American culture and morality and values,” said Jones. Now they are just another subculture.”

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