countercultural

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English

Etymology

From counter- +‎ cultural.

Adjective

countercultural (comparative more countercultural, superlative most countercultural)

  1. Of or pertaining to a counterculture.
    • 2007 June 18, Edward Rothstein, “Postmodern Thoughts, Illuminated by the Practices of a Premodern Tribe”, in New York Times:
      In this respect the tribe was not countercultural but counternatural.

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