counterculture
noun
coun·ter·cul·ture
ˈkau̇n-tər-ˌkəl-chər 
: a culture with values and mores that run counter to those of established society
Examples of counterculture in a Sentence
the counterculture of the hippies
He was part of the antiwar counterculture.
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The vans, some of which had as many as 23 windows and now sell for more than $100,000, became the vehicle of the counterculture.
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James Raia, Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2025
As a musical pioneer of 1960s counterculture, Baez has long been open — in her music and otherwise — about her beliefs surrounding politics and social justice.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 24 Oct. 2025
Gottlieb is also known as the unwitting godfather of the entire LSD counterculture.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 22 Oct. 2025
Throughout the 1970s, as much as Nicholson’s rebels or Beatty’s hopeless romantics, Keaton’s optimistic dreamers repeatedly collided with the realities of the times, measuring the distance between what the counterculture thought was possible and what the world would actually allow.
—Tim Grierson, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2025
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James Raia, Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2025
As a musical pioneer of 1960s counterculture, Baez has long been open — in her music and otherwise — about her beliefs surrounding politics and social justice.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 24 Oct. 2025
Gottlieb is also known as the unwitting godfather of the entire LSD counterculture.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 22 Oct. 2025
Throughout the 1970s, as much as Nicholson’s rebels or Beatty’s hopeless romantics, Keaton’s optimistic dreamers repeatedly collided with the realities of the times, measuring the distance between what the counterculture thought was possible and what the world would actually allow.
—Tim Grierson, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for counterculture
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“Counterculture.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/counterculture. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.
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