subcult en · NOUN
Etymology
From sub- + cult.
Meanings
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A cult making up part of a larger cult.
There was a kind of ghostly teenage DNA at work in the Sprawl, something that carried the coded precepts of various short-lived subcults and replicated them at odd intervals.
1984, William Gibson, Neuromancer (Sprawl; book 1), New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, →ISBN, page 58:The cult of the footage is rife with subcults, claiming every possible influence.
2003, William Gibson, Pattern Recognition (Bigend cycle; book 1), New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, page 4:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| subcults | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (1)
da subkult (Translations)