counterculture
noun
coun·ter·cul·ture
ˈkau̇n-tər-ˌkəl-chər 
: a culture with values and mores that run counter to those of established society
Examples of counterculture in a Sentence
the counterculture of the hippies
He was part of the antiwar counterculture.
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High-top Converse were once a mainstream sporty option before reclaiming themselves as a symbol of counterculture punks.
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Paulina Berges, Glamour, 19 July 2025
Next, a wave of louder and more abrasive ‘60s counterculture acts like Jefferson Airplane; Crosby, Stills and Nash; Janis Joplin and other Woodstock performers kept the sweet sounds of Francis and her contemporaries off radio.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 17 July 2025
Unfolding in New York’s East Village in 1978, the Nova Convention has gone down in history as a legendary counterculture meeting headlined by Naked Lunch novelist William S. Burroughs, and also featuring Patti Smith, Frank Zappa, Allen Ginsberg and Laurie Anderson.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 15 July 2025
Santa Monica was a town in flux when Miller was in high school at the turn of the millennium: a Berkeley meets Beverly Hills where haughty affluence was rapidly eclipsing the Birkenstocks and counterculture bumper stickers.
—Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2025
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Paulina Berges, Glamour, 19 July 2025
Next, a wave of louder and more abrasive ‘60s counterculture acts like Jefferson Airplane; Crosby, Stills and Nash; Janis Joplin and other Woodstock performers kept the sweet sounds of Francis and her contemporaries off radio.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 17 July 2025
Unfolding in New York’s East Village in 1978, the Nova Convention has gone down in history as a legendary counterculture meeting headlined by Naked Lunch novelist William S. Burroughs, and also featuring Patti Smith, Frank Zappa, Allen Ginsberg and Laurie Anderson.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 15 July 2025
Santa Monica was a town in flux when Miller was in high school at the turn of the millennium: a Berkeley meets Beverly Hills where haughty affluence was rapidly eclipsing the Birkenstocks and counterculture bumper stickers.
—Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2025
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“Counterculture.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/counterculture. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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