Meanings
plural counterculturalists
- One who engages in counterculture.
The Hesses were an odd pair of counterculturalists.
2007 December 30, Betty Fussel, “Food Edenist”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 20221 more example
Chandralekha, a choreographer from Madras, India, has been described as a counterculturalist who draws on elements of classical Indian dance like Bharata Natyam and on Western modern dance.
1994 September 12, Jennifer Dunning, “DANCE REVIEW; Merging Body and Spirit To Produce a Single Essence”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 16 Sep 2024Synonyms: counterculturist
Synonyms & antonyms
nounOne who engages in counterculture.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Italic*kom
- Proto-Italic*kom-
- Proto-Italic*komteros
- Proto-Italic*komterād
- Latincontrā
- Old Frenchcontre-
- Anglo-Normancountre-
- Middle Englishcounter-
- Englishcounter-
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷélh₁eti
- Proto-Italic*kʷelō
- Latincolō
- Latincultūra
- Middle Frenchculture
- Englishculture
- Englishcounterculture
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishcountercultural
- Englishcounterculturalist
From countercultural + -ist.
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counterculturalist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterculturalist
“counterculturalist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterculturalist. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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