Subculture

Quick meaning: Subculture is a noun meaning A portion of a culture distinguished by its customs or other features, often in contrast to the larger mainstream culture.

Meaning

A portion of a culture distinguished by its customs or other features, often in contrast to the larger mainstream culture.

More Meanings

1. (biology) A culture made by transferring microorganisms from a previous culture to a fresh growth medium
2. (biology) To transfer (microorganisms) to a fresh growth medium in order to start a new culture

Example Sentences

The goth subculture has its own mode of dress, and it has a characteristic musical style.

Cultures were subcultured by 20-fold dilution into fresh MS2D medium approximately every 7 d.

White evangelicals once saw themselves “as the owners of mainstream American culture and morality and values,” said Jones. Now they are just another subculture.

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.

Word Forms

• subcultures
• subcul
• subculturing
• subcultured

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include passage, counterculture, minority, enclave, cohort, subgroup.

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