Meanings
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noun
A group within a society whose customs, tastes, or beliefs differ from the main culture.
The punk subculture had its own music and style of dress.
Thesaurus
Word family
Forms
subcultures
Derived forms
cybersubculturesubculturist
Related forms
idioculture
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁-e-ti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin cultūrader. Middle French cultureder. English culture English subculture From sub- + culture.