countercultural en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *komterosder. Proto-Italic *komterād Latin contrāder. Old French contre- Anglo-Norman countre-bor. Middle English counter- English counter- Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁eti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin cultūrader. Middle French cultureder. English culture English counterculture English -al English countercultural From counter- + cultural or counterculture + -al.
Meanings
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Of or pertaining to a counterculture.
In this respect the tribe was not countercultural but counternatural.
2007 June 18, Edward Rothstein, “Postmodern Thoughts, Illuminated by the Practices of a Premodern Tribe”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 17 Apr 2022:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most countercultural | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more countercultural | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
postcountercultural · counterculturalist · counterculturalism · counterculturally