subculture en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈsʌbˌkʌltʃɚ/ (General-American)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- 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 subculture From sub- + culture.
Meanings
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A portion of a culture distinguished by its customs or other features, often in contrast to the larger mainstream culture.
White evangelicals once saw themselves “as the owners of mainstream American culture and morality and values,” said Jones. Now they are just another subculture.
2021 July 9, Michelle Goldberg, “The Christian Right Is in Decline, and It’s Taking America With It”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 10 Jul 2021:White Americans are transitioning toward minority status for the first time. As they do, perhaps their ways will be treated less as the default mainstream, and more as subcultures among subcultures.
2014 November 24, Anand Giridharadas, “How to Talk About Race Without Talking About Race”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 16 Jul 2021:The goth subculture has its own mode of dress, and it has a characteristic musical style.
Like those activities, bodybuilding is an obsession, a living (for a few), and a way of life for the people involved in it—a subculture, in a word, with its own values, aesthetics and vocabulary.
1974, Charles Gaines, George Butler, Pumping Iron: The Art and Sport of Bodybuilding, page 7:Joybubbles (the legal name of the former Joe Engressia since 1991), a blind genius with perfect pitch who accidentally found he could make free phone calls by whistling tones and went on to play a pivotal role in the 1970s subculture of “phone phreaks,” died on Aug. 8 in Minneapolis.
2007 August 20, Douglas Martin, “Joybubbles, 58, Peter Pan of Phone Hackers, Dies”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 12 Feb 2022:
- A culture made by transferring microorganisms from a previous culture to a fresh growth medium
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| subcul | alternative, clipping | lexicographic | |
| subcultures | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
cybersubculture · subculturist
Relateds
Translations (34)
cmn 亞文化 /亚文化 (portion of a culture distinguished by its customs or other features) · ms subbudaya (portion of a culture distinguished by its customs or other features) · fi osakulttuuri (portion of a culture distinguished by its customs or other features) · nb delkultur (portion of a culture distinguished by its customs or other features) · fa خردهفرهنگ (portion of a culture distinguished by its customs or other features) · pl subkultura (portion of a culture distinguished by its customs or other features) · vi nhóm văn hóa (portion of a culture distinguished by its customs or other features) · id subbudaya (portion of a culture distinguished by its customs or other features) · ro subcultură (portion of a culture distinguished by its customs or other features) · ga fochultúr (portion of a culture distinguished by its customs or other features) · kk субмәдениет (portion of a culture distinguished by its customs or other features) · nl subcultuur (portion of a culture distinguished by its customs or other features) · ja 下位文化 (portion of a culture distinguished by its customs or other features) · es subcultura (portion of a culture distinguished by its customs or other features) · nb subkultur (portion of a culture distinguished by its customs or other features) · lv subkultūra (portion of a culture distinguished by its customs or other features) · ko 하위문화 (portion of a culture distinguished by its customs or other features) · nn delkultur (portion of a culture distinguished by its customs or other features) · it subcultura (portion of a culture distinguished by its customs or other features) · ru субкульту́ра (portion of a culture distinguished by its customs or other features) · el υποπολιτισμός (portion of a culture distinguished by its customs or other features) · nn subkultur (portion of a culture distinguished by its customs or other features) · vi tiểu văn hóa (portion of a culture distinguished by its customs or other features) · fi alakulttuuri (portion of a culture distinguished by its customs or other features) · sv subkultur (portion of a culture distinguished by its customs or other features) · hi उपसंस्कृति (portion of a culture distinguished by its customs or other features) · ja サブカルチャー (portion of a culture distinguished by its customs or other features) · tl subkultura (portion of a culture distinguished by its customs or other features) · ko 서브컬쳐 (portion of a culture distinguished by its customs or other features) · pt subcultura (portion of a culture distinguished by its customs or other features) · fr sous-culture (portion of a culture distinguished by its customs or other features) · cmn 次文化 (portion of a culture distinguished by its customs or other features) · ka სუბკულტურა (portion of a culture distinguished by its customs or other features) · de Subkultur (portion of a culture distinguished by its customs or other features)