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counterculturalist

counterculturalist noun: one who engages in counterculture.

Noun

counterculturalist (plural counterculturalists)

  1. One who engages in counterculture.
    • Chandralekha, a choreographer from Madras, India, has been described as a counterculturalist who draws on elements of classical Indian dance like Bharata Natyam and on Western modern dance.1994 September 12, Jennifer Dunning, “DANCE REVIEW; Merging Body and Spirit To Produce a Single Essence”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 16 Sep 2024
    • The Hesses were an odd pair of counterculturalists.2007 December 30, Betty Fussel, “Food Edenist”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022

Synonyms of counterculturalist

Forms of counterculturalist

pluralcounterculturalists

Origin of counterculturalist

From countercultural + -ist.

Questions about counterculturalist

What does counterculturalist mean?
Counterculturalist means one who engages in counterculture.
What part of speech is counterculturalist?
Counterculturalist is a noun.
What is the plural of counterculturalist?
The plural of counterculturalist is counterculturalists.

Words near counterculturalist in the dictionary

  1. countercultist
  2. countercultists
  3. countercultural
  4. counterculturalism
  5. counterculturalisms
  6. counterculturalist
  7. counterculturalists
  8. counterculturally
  9. counterculture
  10. countercultures
  11. counterculturish

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