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subculture

[suhb-kuhl-cher, suhb-kuhl-cher] / sʌbˈkʌl tʃər, ˈsʌbˌkʌl tʃər /


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And in a just world, that’s where this would have started and ended: Cramer living in the boundaries of his fun, space-loving subculture, meditating in the Martian desert landscapes of Sedona, not hurting anyone.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

You got into hip-hop when it was a subculture, and now, with some exceptions, it’s back on the commercial margins.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

The mega-wealthy live in their own parallel societies and subculture — “Richistan” — where this becomes the norm.

From Salon ● Jun. 20, 2026

Swing declined in the 1960s, but it resurged decades later—though more as a subculture rather than a mainstream activity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026

If the humans were aware of a fairy subculture, it was only a matter of time before the two species went to war.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer

If I were on patrol to figure out where online subcultures were diverging from political reality, I’d start there.

From Slate ● Jul. 14, 2026

I personally don’t feel that there are many lifestyle subcultures that still exist, because you don’t have to get immersed in them to discover them anymore.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026

The incident spotlights a brewing anticorporate fervor in some internet subcultures, amplified by the national attention on Mangione, an Ivy League-educated 27-year-old who has pleaded not guilty.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026

His content, and that of similar influencers, has brought looksmaxxing out of niche underground subcultures and made it more mainstream.

From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2026

In Chicago, I told him, geeks were probably one of the least odd subcultures around.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz



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