Meanings
adjectiveanticultural (comparative more anticultural, superlative most anticultural)
comparative more anticultural · superlative most anticultural
- Opposing mainstream culture or culture in general.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂énti
- Ancient Greekᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)
- Ancient Greekἀντι- (anti-)
- Englishanti-
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷélh₁eti
- Proto-Italic*kʷelō
- Latincolō
- Latincultūra
- Middle Frenchculture
- Englishculture
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishcultural
- Englishanticultural
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 反文化
- 反文化 (fǎnwénhuà)opposing mainstream culture or culture in general
Finnish kulttuurinvastainen
- kulttuurinvastainenopposing mainstream culture or culture in general
Portuguese anticultural
- anticulturalopposing mainstream culture or culture in general
Spanish anticultural
- anticulturalopposing mainstream culture or culture in general
Cite this entry
APA
anticultural. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anticultural
MLA
“anticultural.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anticultural. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “anticultural,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anticultural.
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