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counterculturish

counterculturish adjective: somewhat countercultural; suggestive of counterculture.

Adjective

counterculturish (comparative more counterculturish, superlative most counterculturish)

  1. (informal) Somewhat countercultural; suggestive of counterculture.
    • Just how firmly is clear right off, when, on the flight to Warren's third wedding, he meets a Hasidic couple and has tolerant counterculturish thoughts about them.1996 January 28, Jacqueline Carey, “A Cuckold in Crown Heights”, in The New York Times

Forms of counterculturish

comparativemore counterculturish
superlativemost counterculturish

Origin of counterculturish

From counterculture + -ish.

Questions about counterculturish

What does counterculturish mean?
Counterculturish means somewhat countercultural; suggestive of counterculture.
What part of speech is counterculturish?
Counterculturish is an adjective.

Words near counterculturish in the dictionary

  1. counterculturalist
  2. counterculturalists
  3. counterculturally
  4. counterculture
  5. countercultures
  6. counterculturish
  7. counterculturism
  8. counterculturist
  9. counterculturists
  10. countercurrent
  11. countercurrently

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