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counterculture

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++coun·ter·cul·ture /ˈkaʊntəˌkʌltʃə $ -tərˌkʌltʃər/ noun [uncountable]  the art, beliefs, behaviour etc of people who are against the usual or accepted behaviour, art etc of society 反正统文化,反主流文化 the counterculture revolution of the late 1960s 20世纪60年代末的反正统文化革命
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countercultureIn 1976 the counterculture still had a solid beachhead in Athens, Ohio.The relationship of progressive rock and the counterculture is thus uneasy and internally contradictory.The environmental group had its roots in the counterculture of the 1960s.As a member of the counterculture I had tried to get excited by the New Games in which no one loses.In rejecting the reductionism of rationalism, the counterculture was so deeply anti-intellectual that it forfeited access to its own history.How, in that case, could late 1960s progressive rock be specific to the counterculture?Within the counterculture, moreover, the response to each of the songs would have been different among different subgroups.
coun·ter·cul·ture nounChineseSyllable
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counterculture
counterculture /ˈkaʊntəˌkʌltʃə $ -tərˌkʌltʃər/ noun [uncountable]
the art, beliefs, behaviour etc of people who are against the usual or accepted behaviour, art etc of society:
    the counterculture revolution of the late 1960s


coun·ter·cul·tureBrE /ˈkaʊntəkʌltʃə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈkaʊntərkʌltʃər/ 🔊 noun [countable, uncountable] a way of life and set of ideas that are opposed to those accepted by most of society; a group of people who share such a way of life and such ideas 反主流文化;反正统文化;反主流文化的群体