popular culture

[pop-yuh-ler kuhl-cher] / ˈpɒp yə lər ˈkʌl tʃər /

NOUN

modern ways of living

Synonyms

WEAK

pop pop culture popular taste

Example Sentences

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That ground seems adequately covered in popular culture.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

Platforms such as Polymarket and Kalshi let users bet on future events in areas such as politics, war, and popular culture.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

Nevertheless, the wormhole metaphor flourished in popular culture and speculative theoretical physics.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2026

"His story has not been told and I really wanted him to be remembered in a significant way, given that his work is all about popular culture, everyday life," she said.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

And yet it had been glossed over in my education, and in popular culture, representations of the war and its reasons seemed obscured.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates