Subculture
noun
A group within a society which has their own shared set of customs, attitudes, and values, often different from the main culture.
Punk rockers are a subculture of the broader music culture.
Often appears as...
- youth subculture
- musical subculture
noun
A new bacterial or cell culture made from an existing one to increase its numbers.
The scientist created a subculture from the original bacteria for further experimentation.
Often appears as...
- cell subculture
- bacteria subculture
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noun
A group within a society which has their own shared set of customs, attitudes, and values, often different from the main culture.
Punk rockers are a subculture of the broader music culture.
Often appears as...
- youth subculture
- musical subculture
noun
A new bacterial or cell culture made from an existing one to increase its numbers.
The scientist created a subculture from the original bacteria for further experimentation.
Often appears as...
- cell subculture
- bacteria subculture
Usage tips
Academic
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Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Identity
Reflects a group's distinct practices within a larger community, often tied to music or fashion.
Goth fashion is distinctive of the goth subculture.
Pro Tip 2/3Common Values
Unites members over shared beliefs or interests, which can be political, artistic, or social.
Skateboarders formed a subculture with their own values of creativity and freedom.
Pro Tip 3/3Social Niche
A subculture often serves as a social haven for individuals seeking companionship with like-minded people.
She felt at home in the anime subculture.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Identity
Reflects a group's distinct practices within a larger community, often tied to music or fashion.
Goth fashion is distinctive of the goth subculture.
Pro Tip 2/3Common Values
Unites members over shared beliefs or interests, which can be political, artistic, or social.
Skateboarders formed a subculture with their own values of creativity and freedom.
Pro Tip 3/3Social Niche
A subculture often serves as a social haven for individuals seeking companionship with like-minded people.
She felt at home in the anime subculture.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Identity
Reflects a group's distinct practices within a larger community, often tied to music or fashion.
Goth fashion is distinctive of the goth subculture.
Pro Tip 2/3Common Values
Unites members over shared beliefs or interests, which can be political, artistic, or social.
Skateboarders formed a subculture with their own values of creativity and freedom.
Pro Tip 3/3Social Niche
A subculture often serves as a social haven for individuals seeking companionship with like-minded people.
She felt at home in the anime subculture.
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Steven Johnson: How...
You had to convince people to drink pasteurized milk, you had to convince the dairy industry to make pasteurized milk, and that took a whole other cast of characters. It took muckraking journalists. It took crusading lawmakers. There was a whole subculture of pasteurization activists back then.
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The poet who painted...
were home to every kind of starving artist. It was all they could afford. These painters, writers, and intellectuals, united in their artistic passion and counterculture beliefs, made up France's bohemian subculture. And their works of art, literature, and intellect would shake up the world.
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Are we born to run? PIPE...
could be astounding. What I've been seeing today is there is a growing subculture of barefoot runners, people who've gotten rid of their shoes. And what they have found uniformly is, you get rid of the shoes, you get rid of the stress, you get rid of the injuries and the ailments.
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How the Afghan youth are...
end of those two years realizing the value of my photographs showcasing the secular youth culture of Iran for the world to see I packed my bags and moved to Kabul to document a generation that has only known more and a subculture that no one really knows about this
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Homeopathy, quackery and...
but they can hear the dead as well, and they can relay this information back to the living. I wonder if that's true. I don't think so, because this subculture of people use exactly the same gimmicks that we magicians do, exactly the same --
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Hackers: the internet's...
the leading brand of global hacktivism. This universal hacker movement needs no introduction today, but six years ago they were not much more than an Internet subculture dedicated to sharing silly pictures of funny cats
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Feats of memory anyone...
and I had this notion that I might write something longer about this subculture of competitive memorizers. But there was a problem. The problem was that a memory contest is a pathologically boring event.
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Pirate Ship Wreck...
this is going to be discoveries that go on forever I think and completely understanding what we have and there's touchstones to this secretive Democratic outlaw subculture but who were this people
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Furries PIPE National...
he's far from alone he's just one of up to a million people worldwide who belonged to the furry fandom you think to refer you feel like you're free you're a furry like any other subculture
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Flesh Branding PIPE...
growing subculture in North America that its devotees call body modification body modification
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Steven Johnson: How...
You had to convince people to drink pasteurized milk, you had to convince the dairy industry to make pasteurized milk, and that took a whole other cast of characters. It took muckraking journalists. It took crusading lawmakers. There was a whole subculture of pasteurization activists back then.
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The poet who painted...
were home to every kind of starving artist. It was all they could afford. These painters, writers, and intellectuals, united in their artistic passion and counterculture beliefs, made up France's bohemian subculture. And their works of art, literature, and intellect would shake up the world.
Video examples
Are we born to run? PIPE...
could be astounding. What I've been seeing today is there is a growing subculture of barefoot runners, people who've gotten rid of their shoes. And what they have found uniformly is, you get rid of the shoes, you get rid of the stress, you get rid of the injuries and the ailments.
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How the Afghan youth are...
end of those two years realizing the value of my photographs showcasing the secular youth culture of Iran for the world to see I packed my bags and moved to Kabul to document a generation that has only known more and a subculture that no one really knows about this
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Homeopathy, quackery and...
but they can hear the dead as well, and they can relay this information back to the living. I wonder if that's true. I don't think so, because this subculture of people use exactly the same gimmicks that we magicians do, exactly the same --
Video examples
Hackers: the internet's...
the leading brand of global hacktivism. This universal hacker movement needs no introduction today, but six years ago they were not much more than an Internet subculture dedicated to sharing silly pictures of funny cats
Video examples
Feats of memory anyone...
and I had this notion that I might write something longer about this subculture of competitive memorizers. But there was a problem. The problem was that a memory contest is a pathologically boring event.
Video examples
Pirate Ship Wreck...
this is going to be discoveries that go on forever I think and completely understanding what we have and there's touchstones to this secretive Democratic outlaw subculture but who were this people
Video examples
Furries PIPE National...
he's far from alone he's just one of up to a million people worldwide who belonged to the furry fandom you think to refer you feel like you're free you're a furry like any other subculture
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Flesh Branding PIPE...
growing subculture in North America that its devotees call body modification body modification
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Katherine Dunn
American Novelist
I've met some of the most interesting, dimensional, and kind people of my life in that subculture and around the sport. And it seems to me that boxing is one of those structures that is designed to promote harmony. I think that it is a stove that contains that fire in us and makes it safe and useful.
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Sean Baker
American Director
Some have said I focus on marginalized communities, but it's not like that was my mission statement. I've just told stories that interest me, and that I'm not seeing enough of, on groups of people and subcultures that are often not seen.
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Kenzaburo Oe
Japanese Writer
I am one of the writers who wish to create serious works of literature which dissociate themselves from those novels which are mere reflections of the vast consumer cultures of Tokyo and the subcultures of the world at large.
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P. J. O'Rourke
American Comedian
The subculture of felons is in great vogue among adolescents. Enron, WorldCom, Tyco, and so forth allow us Republicans to say to America's young people, 'We be thugs.' The GOP may capture the youth vote at last.
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Paul Di Filippo
American Writer
Generally speaking, by the time a subculture such as steampunk secures the attention of major media, resulting in extensive coverage of the craze, said phenomenon is already on the way out.
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Felicia Day
American Actress
TableTop' is packed with gaming celebrities and independent game creators. This is a huge subculture that really doesn't have a vehicle to rally around or educate people with.
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Donal Logue
Canadian Actor
No, I'm not a comic book guy. I'm pretty fascinated with the subculture though and I do think that the world of comic books is such a natural transition into film.
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David Bowie
English Musician
I would dream. I focused all my attention on going to America. The subculture, James Dean, the rock n' roll, the beat writers.
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Damien Chazelle
American Director
I like movies that are specific. Movies that home in on a very specific subculture, a specific discipline, a specific world.
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Sean Evans
American Entertainer
The subculture of hot sauce is so fascinating and unique.
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Katherine Dunn
American Novelist
I've met some of the most interesting, dimensional, and kind people of my life in that subculture and around the sport. And it seems to me that boxing is one of those structures that is designed to promote harmony. I think that it is a stove that contains that fire in us and makes it safe and useful.
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Sean Baker
American Director
Some have said I focus on marginalized communities, but it's not like that was my mission statement. I've just told stories that interest me, and that I'm not seeing enough of, on groups of people and subcultures that are often not seen.
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Kenzaburo Oe
Japanese Writer
I am one of the writers who wish to create serious works of literature which dissociate themselves from those novels which are mere reflections of the vast consumer cultures of Tokyo and the subcultures of the world at large.
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P. J. O'Rourke
American Comedian
The subculture of felons is in great vogue among adolescents. Enron, WorldCom, Tyco, and so forth allow us Republicans to say to America's young people, 'We be thugs.' The GOP may capture the youth vote at last.
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Paul Di Filippo
American Writer
Generally speaking, by the time a subculture such as steampunk secures the attention of major media, resulting in extensive coverage of the craze, said phenomenon is already on the way out.
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Felicia Day
American Actress
TableTop' is packed with gaming celebrities and independent game creators. This is a huge subculture that really doesn't have a vehicle to rally around or educate people with.
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Donal Logue
Canadian Actor
No, I'm not a comic book guy. I'm pretty fascinated with the subculture though and I do think that the world of comic books is such a natural transition into film.
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David Bowie
English Musician
I would dream. I focused all my attention on going to America. The subculture, James Dean, the rock n' roll, the beat writers.
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Damien Chazelle
American Director
I like movies that are specific. Movies that home in on a very specific subculture, a specific discipline, a specific world.
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Sean Evans
American Entertainer
The subculture of hot sauce is so fascinating and unique.
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