counterculture
noun
coun·ter·cul·ture ˈkau̇n-tər-ˌkəl-chər 
: a culture with values and mores that run counter to those of established society
countercultural
ˌkau̇n-tər-ˈkəlch-rəl
adjective -ˈkəl-chə-
counterculturalism
ˌkau̇n-tər-ˈkəlch-rə-ˌli-zəm
noun -ˈkəl-chə-
counterculturist
ˌkau̇n-tər-ˈkəlch-rə-list
noun -ˈkəl-chə-
Example Sentences
the counterculture of the hippies He was part of the antiwar counterculture.
Recent Examples on the Web Through the doors of Dennis Hopper and Brooke Hayward’s Los Angeles home, the stars of a distinctly Californian counterculture came and went. 
Wsj Books Staff, WSJ, 17 Aug. 2022 Woodstock confirmed that music itself, along with all the protests in the streets, was the conduit through which we, the counterculture, were being taught to listen to in the first place. Michael Klein, SPIN, 15 Aug. 2022 Fernandes, born in Kenya and raised in Canada, attributes his sense of politics to punk rock and counterculture. John W. Bateman, Chicago Tribune, 21 July 2022 For example, the hippies espousing free love and counterculture of the 1960s and 1970s were followed by the yuppies, who focused more on establishing professional careers in urban areas. Tom Spiggle, Forbes, 15 June 2022 Fifteen years of counterculture, channeled by popular culture, have worn down their respect. Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 19 May 2022 The objects of derision for the counterculture have reversed polarity and become objects of desire, of hope against hope. Longreads, 19 Apr. 2022 With the subsequent addition of Neil Young, the group further heightened their profile with an iconic appearance at Woodstock and became the spokespersons for the counterculture. David Chiu, Forbes, 24 May 2021 After a flurry of research in the 1950s and 1960s, psilocybin and all other psychedelics were abruptly banned, partly in response to their embrace by the counterculture. Simon Makin, Scientific American, 20 July 2022 See More
Wsj Books Staff, WSJ, 17 Aug. 2022 Woodstock confirmed that music itself, along with all the protests in the streets, was the conduit through which we, the counterculture, were being taught to listen to in the first place. Michael Klein, SPIN, 15 Aug. 2022 Fernandes, born in Kenya and raised in Canada, attributes his sense of politics to punk rock and counterculture. John W. Bateman, Chicago Tribune, 21 July 2022 For example, the hippies espousing free love and counterculture of the 1960s and 1970s were followed by the yuppies, who focused more on establishing professional careers in urban areas. Tom Spiggle, Forbes, 15 June 2022 Fifteen years of counterculture, channeled by popular culture, have worn down their respect. Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 19 May 2022 The objects of derision for the counterculture have reversed polarity and become objects of desire, of hope against hope. Longreads, 19 Apr. 2022 With the subsequent addition of Neil Young, the group further heightened their profile with an iconic appearance at Woodstock and became the spokespersons for the counterculture. David Chiu, Forbes, 24 May 2021 After a flurry of research in the 1950s and 1960s, psilocybin and all other psychedelics were abruptly banned, partly in response to their embrace by the counterculture. Simon Makin, Scientific American, 20 July 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1947, in the meaning defined above