Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A cultural subgroup differentiated by status, ethnic background, residence, religion, or other factors that functionally unify the group and act collectively on each member.
- noun One culture of microorganisms derived from another.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In bacteriology, to make a secondary culture in a new medium from an old culture.
- noun In bacteriology, a culture derived from a previous culture.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A portion of a
culture distinguished by its customs or other features. - noun biology A
culture made by transferring microorganisms from a previous culture to a fresh growth medium - verb biology To transfer (microorganisms) to a fresh growth medium in order to start a new culture
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a social group within a national culture that has distinctive patterns of behavior and beliefs
Etymologies
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Examples
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I know the term subculture gets used a lot but I don't like that word.
badger Diary Entry badger 2002
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Meledandri: The world, this is a subculture of the world, the villain subculture of the world.
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But as an RPGeek, I am, for historical reasons, thin-skinned and sensitive to accusations that my subculture is being suppressed by those in positions of authority.
Matthew Yglesias » Lawful Evil Circuit Court Upholds Dumb-Ass Prison D&D Ban 2010
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Meledandri: The world, this is a subculture of the world, the villain subculture of the world.
/Film Visits Illumination Entertainment and the Editing Room of Despicable Me | /Film 2010
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Sure, there are some difference in subculture, but also a good deal in common.
The Ratios, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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The incresing acceptance of certain subcultures to accept “my own personal reality” as something that may not be fact-based, but still somehow representative of a “general truth” that the subculture is founded upon.
An Experiment for Fake Memoirs - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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What used to be a vibrant subculture is now a corpse rigid in rigor mortis.
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So too, Christian subculture is much more than the sum of its parts.
Saved! 2005
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Ichiru at Kotori Piyopiyo notes that subculture is equally strong in the English web and that the difference is that their ‘higher ups 'and ‘professionals' “actively use web services, invest in the web, place ads, and communicate via blogs and social services”.
Global Voices in English » Japan: On How to Perceive the Japanese Web (Part Three) 2009
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A subculture was a vast expanse of shared popular culture, or reactions to that popular culture.
The Insular Decade 2009
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