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Etymology

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sub- +‎ cultural

Adjective

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subcultural (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to a subculture, or to subcultures in general.
    • 1980 August 16, Michael Bronski, “Does Life Incriminate Art?”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 5, page 10:
      A sub-cultural style or artifact, when adopted by the mainstream, loses its singularity. Once bell-bottoms became fashionable they were no longer a "gay style."

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