counterculture
/kaʊntərˈkʌltʃər/ · count·er·cul·ture
noun
- Any culture whose values and lifestyles are opposed to those of the established mainstream culture, especially to western culture. The 1960s counterculture movement rejected traditional social norms and values.
noun
- A subculture that rejects or challenges the dominant culture, often through art, music, or other forms of expression. The punk rock movement was a counterculture that emerged in the late 1970s.
Synonyms
subculturealternative culturenonconformist cultureoppositional cultureanti-establishment culturerebellious culturenonmainstream cultureunderground culture
Antonyms
Did you know? The term 'counterculture' was first used in the 1960s to describe the emerging youth culture that rejected mainstream values and sought to create a new, more free-spirited way of living.