Definition of Countercultures

1. Noun. (plural of counterculture) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Countercultures

1. counterculture [n] - See also: counterculture

Lexicographical Neighbors of Countercultures

countercorruption
countercounterargument
countercounterarguments
countercountermeasure
countercountermeasures
countercoup
countercoups
countercries
countercry
countercultural
counterculturalism
counterculturalist
counterculturalists
counterculturally
counterculture
countercultures (current term)
countercurrent
countercurrent distribution
countercurrent exchanger
countercurrent mechanism
countercurrent multiplier
countercurrents
countercurse
countercurses
countercyclical
countercyclicality
countercyclically
counterdefense
counterdefenses
counterdemand

Literary usage of Countercultures

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Open Source Democracy: how online communication is changing offline politics by Douglas Rushkoff (2003)
"These models for interactivity and coordinated behaviour may have been launched in the laboratory, but they were first embraced by countercultures. ..."

2. Treatment Alternatives to Street Crime: TASC Programs, History, Experiences by James A. Inciardi (1994)
"They were times of civil rights and anti-war movements, the coming of age of the baby boom generation, new youth cultures and countercultures, and dramatic, ..."

3. The Urban Condition: space, community, and self in the contemporary metropolis by Ghent Urban Studies Team (1999)
"... of “new journalism” which melded fictional techniques with traditional forms of reporting in analysis of American subcultures and countercultures, ..."

4. Wisdom for the Soul: Five Millennia of Prescriptions for Spiritual Healing by Larry Chang (2006)
"Jiddu Krishnamurti, 1895-1986 ~ The Penguin Krishnamurti Reader, 1970 countercultures and the many types of intentional communities they commonly create are ..."

5. Gender Equity in South African Education 1994-2004: Conference Proceedingsby Linda Chisholm, Jean September by Linda Chisholm, Jean September (2005)
"Reports also indicate a high correlation between drug abuse and other anti-social and high-risk behaviour typical of countercultures, such as violence, ..."

6. The New Old: Why Baby Boomers Won't be Pensioned Off by Julia Huber, Paul Skidmore (2003)
"First, it involves a distinctive orientation away from formal authority, bolstered by their association with various 1960s countercultures and their ..."

7. Entropy and Alchemy: The Problem of Individuality in an Age of Society by Edwin Stuart (2003)
"And what better way to digest a potpourri of cultures and countercultures than to grind up the wretched refuse, pulverize the individual particles, ..."

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