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sub·cul·ture

 (sŭb′kŭl′chər)
n.
1. A cultural subgroup differentiated by status, ethnic background, residence, religion, or other factors that functionally unify the group and act collectively on each member.
2. One culture of microorganisms derived from another.

sub·cul′tur·al adj.
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subculture

n
1. (Sociology) a subdivision of a national culture or an enclave within it with a distinct integrated network of behaviour, beliefs, and attitudes
2. (Microbiology) a culture of microorganisms derived from another culture
vb
(Microbiology) (tr) to inoculate (bacteria from one culture medium) onto another medium
subˈcultural adj
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sub•cul•ture

(n. ˈsʌbˌkʌl tʃər; v. sʌbˈkʌl tʃər)

n., v. -tured, -tur•ing. n.
1.
a. a group having social, economic, ethnic, or other traits distinctive enough to distinguish it from others within the same culture or society.
b. the cultural patterns distinctive of such a group.
2. a bacterial culture derived from a strain that has been recultivated on a different medium.
v.t.
3. to cultivate (a bacterial strain) again on a different medium.
[1895–1900]
sub•cul′tur•al, adj.
sub•cul′tur•al•ly, adv.
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subculture


Past participle: subcultured
Gerund: subculturing

Imperative
subculture
subculture
Present
I subculture
you subculture
he/she/it subcultures
we subculture
you subculture
they subculture
Preterite
I subcultured
you subcultured
he/she/it subcultured
we subcultured
you subcultured
they subcultured
Present Continuous
I am subculturing
you are subculturing
he/she/it is subculturing
we are subculturing
you are subculturing
they are subculturing
Present Perfect
I have subcultured
you have subcultured
he/she/it has subcultured
we have subcultured
you have subcultured
they have subcultured
Past Continuous
I was subculturing
you were subculturing
he/she/it was subculturing
we were subculturing
you were subculturing
they were subculturing
Past Perfect
I had subcultured
you had subcultured
he/she/it had subcultured
we had subcultured
you had subcultured
they had subcultured
Future
I will subculture
you will subculture
he/she/it will subculture
we will subculture
you will subculture
they will subculture
Future Perfect
I will have subcultured
you will have subcultured
he/she/it will have subcultured
we will have subcultured
you will have subcultured
they will have subcultured
Future Continuous
I will be subculturing
you will be subculturing
he/she/it will be subculturing
we will be subculturing
you will be subculturing
they will be subculturing
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been subculturing
you have been subculturing
he/she/it has been subculturing
we have been subculturing
you have been subculturing
they have been subculturing
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been subculturing
you will have been subculturing
he/she/it will have been subculturing
we will have been subculturing
you will have been subculturing
they will have been subculturing
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been subculturing
you had been subculturing
he/she/it had been subculturing
we had been subculturing
you had been subculturing
they had been subculturing
Conditional
I would subculture
you would subculture
he/she/it would subculture
we would subculture
you would subculture
they would subculture
Past Conditional
I would have subcultured
you would have subcultured
he/she/it would have subcultured
we would have subcultured
you would have subcultured
they would have subcultured
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.subculture - a social group within a national culture that has distinctive patterns of behavior and beliefs
social group - people sharing some social relation
culture, civilisation, civilization - a particular society at a particular time and place; "early Mayan civilization"
suburbia - suburbanites considered as a cultural class or subculture
youth culture - young adults (a generational unit) considered as a cultural class or subculture
psychedelia - the subculture of users of psychedelic drugs
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Translations

subculture

[ˈsʌbˌkʌltʃəʳ] Nsubcultura f
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subculture

sub-culture [ˈsʌbkʌltʃər] nsous-culture f
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subculture

[ˈsʌbˌkʌltʃəʳ] nsottocultura
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

sub·cul·ture

n. subcultivo, cultivo de bacterias que se deriva de otro.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
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He applies the idea of the evangelical tradition as a subculture to the concept of public opinion by emphasizing that the subculture takes part in processes that provide the potential for influence on public opinion by building evangelical social group identity, promoting the beliefs of the subculture, discrediting aspects of mainstream culture, and delivering political messages, showing that young evangelicals have become more liberal on a few issues but are still conservative in party identification, ideology, and views on issues like abortion.