counterculturalist en · NOUN
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 Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English counterculturalist From countercultural + -ist.
Meanings
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One who engages in counterculture.
The Hesses were an odd pair of counterculturalists.
2007 December 30, Betty Fussel, “Food Edenist”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022:Chandralekha, a choreographer from Madras, India, has been described as a counterculturalist who draws on elements of classical Indian dance like Bharata Natyam and on Western modern dance.
1994 September 12, Jennifer Dunning, “DANCE REVIEW; Merging Body and Spirit To Produce a Single Essence”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 16 Sep 2024:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| counterculturalists | Number=Plur | lexicographic |