USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -noun. plural countercultures. Britannica Dictionary definition of COUNTERCULTURE. [count] : a culture with values and customs that are very different from and usually opposed to those accepted by most of society.

Detailed explanation-2: -Examples of countercultures in the U.S. could include the hippie movement of the 1960s, the green movement, polygamists, and feminist groups.

Detailed explanation-3: -A subculture is a culture shared by a smaller group of people who are also part of a larger culture but has specific cultural attributes that set them apart. Countercultures are groups whose members adopt cultural patterns in opposition to the larger culture.

Detailed explanation-4: -A. Subcultures are groups whose values and related behaviors are so distinct that they set their members off from the dominant culture. 1. Each subculture is a world within the larger world of the dominant culture, and has a distinctive way of looking at life, but remains compatible with the dominant culture.