: a culture (as of bacteria) derived from another culture
b
: an act or instance of producing a subculture
2
: an ethnic, regional, economic, or social group exhibiting characteristic patterns of behavior sufficient to distinguish it from others within an embracing culture or society
a subculture of local painters a subculture of poverty and crime
Recent Examples on the WebSome people are obsessives about a culture or subculture — in the manner of, say, Janites, or Deadheads, or Trekkies — and others less so. Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Aug. 2022 Beyoncé is a meticulous curator; the record creates bridges between unknowns and superstar collaborators, between mega-hits of the past and micro-genres of the present, between mass culture and subculture. Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2022 The attack took place on June 8, 2008, in Akihabara, Tokyo’s popular shopping area for electronics and subculture goods. Chieko Tsuneoka, WSJ, 26 July 2022 He was featured in Style Wars, a seminal 1983 documentary that chronicled the rich hip-hop subculture in New York in the late 1970s and early '80s. Jessica Wang, EW.com, 18 Apr. 2022 The platform’s subculture known as Candytok is full of videos in which gummies are poured into a container on an endless loop.New York Times, 25 Apr. 2022 TikTok has its own thriving Jane Austen subculture—the precise audience the creators of this film were likely attempting to appeal to. Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 27 July 2022 Scamming music has migrated across West Africa, notably to Ghana, a country with a vibrant pop and rap scene and its own scammer subculture, known as Sakawa.New York Times, 14 Mar. 2022 But The Decline of Western Civilization is the real deal, as Spheeris, in interviews with musicians and fans, attempts to pull out of her subjects their attraction to the unfiltered, hostile, sometimes violent world of the punk subculture. Dennis Perkins, EW.com, 13 July 2022 See More