countercultural

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adjective

Of or pertaining to a counterculture.

OriginProto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← English counterculture ← Middle French culture →
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Meanings

adjectivecountercultural (comparative more countercultural, superlative most countercultural)

comparative more countercultural · superlative most countercultural

  1. Of or pertaining to a counterculture.

    In this respect the tribe was not countercultural but counternatural.

    2007 June 18, Edward Rothstein, “Postmodern Thoughts, Illuminated by the Practices of a Premodern Tribe”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 17 Apr 2022

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Proto-Italic*komteros
  6. Proto-Italic*komterād
  7. Latincontrā
  8. Old Frenchcontre-
  9. Anglo-Normancountre-
  10. Middle Englishcounter-
  11. Englishcounter-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*kʷélh₁eti
  14. Proto-Italic*kʷelō
  15. Latincolō
  16. Latincultūra
  17. Middle Frenchculture
  18. Englishculture
  19. Englishcounterculture
  20. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  21. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  22. Englishcountercultural

From counter- + cultural or counterculture + -al.

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APA

countercultural. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/countercultural

MLA

“countercultural.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/countercultural. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “countercultural,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/countercultural.

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