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counterculture

/koun-ter-kuhl-cher/US // ˈkaʊn tərˌkʌl tʃər //UK // (ˈkaʊntəˌkʌltʃə) //

反叛文化,反文化,反主流文化,反潮流文化

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the culture and lifestyle of those people, especially among the young, who reject or oppose the dominant values and behavior of society.

Examples

  • We are experiencing an unprecedented era and opportunity where social justice has emerged from a place of resistance and counterculture to the forefront of the global zeitgeist.

  • Like snowboarding before it, some worry that skateboarding’s Olympic arrival marks a break from its counterculture roots.

  • If you want the counterculture vibe, there’s always Taking Woodstock, Almost Famous, or Hair.

  • There are too many counterculture kids born each year who will never work in offices but will find a path in guiding.

  • They were part of an anti-establishment counterculture that feared being co-opted by people who didn’t understand the dance or its dizzying band of denizens.

  • Is gambling culture more desirable than gay culture and counterculture?

  • Rather, it is becoming a counterculture—as, ironically, gay culture itself once was.

  • In the meantime, it is not surprising to see the anti-gay counterculture pushing back.

  • The populist right, the militia movement, and anti-Bush leftists became obsessed by the phrase—and it entered the counterculture.

  • David, to the extent that you are right, to the extent that our counterculture has become a supermarket, we are in deep trouble.