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counterculture
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coun·ter·cul·ture  (kountr-klchr)
n.
A culture, especially of young people, with values or lifestyles in opposition to those of the established culture.

counter·cultur·al adj.
counter·cultur·ist n.

counterculture [ˈkaʊntəˌkʌltʃə]
n
(Sociology) an alternative culture, deliberately at variance with the social norm
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Noun1.counterculture - a culture with lifestyles and values opposed to those of the established culture
culture - the tastes in art and manners that are favored by a social group
flower power - a counterculture of young people in the US during the 1960s and 70s


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As the hippie subculture faded in the early '70s, Brand began to shift the standard countercultural view of computers.
This radically countercultural reality pulls us away from thinking just about "me and Jesus" and toward care and responsibility for one another.
The term comes from the title of Dallas Morning News editorialist Rod Dreher's new book, "Crunchy Cons: How Birkenstocked Burkeans, gun-loving organic gardeners, evangelical free-range farmers, hip home-schooling mamas, right-wing nature lovers, and their diverse tribe of countercultural conservatives plan to save America (or at least the Republican Party).
 
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