countercultures
Anti-establishment social groups
Countercultures is the plural of counterculture—a movement or community whose values and practices deliberately oppose mainstream society.
The term emerged in the 1960s to describe hippies, antiwar activists, and others rejecting conventional norms: The countercultures of the sixties challenged everything from sexual mores to foreign policy.
Different countercultures may coexist, each pushing back against dominant culture in distinct ways.
Countercultural youth of the sixties
- beatniksFifties countercultural rebels
- WoodstockLandmark 1969 music festival
- communeShared-living community
- psychedeliaDrug-inspired artistic movement
Haight-Ashbury · Dada · Rastafari · hip-hop · graffiti · squatters
Produced outside majors
- punkRaw, fast rock genre
- grungeAccumulated dirt or filth
- hipsterAggressively alternative person
- bohemianArtistic nonconformist type
beatnik · avant-garde · DIY · zine · vintage · retro · artsy · funky
Disagreement with authority
- defianceOpen resistance to authority
- rebellionDefiance of established power
- nonconformityRejection of prevailing norms
- antiestablishmentOpposed to dominant institutions
radicalism · iconoclasm · disobedience · subversion · agitprop · provocateur · manifesto · samizdat
Public expression of disapproval
- sit-inProtest by remaining seated
- feminismAdvocacy for sex equality
- environmentalismAdvocacy for nature protection
- antiwarOpposed to armed conflict
pacifism · veganism · boycott · Strike · occupy · abolitionism
Rejects prevailing social standards
- individualistOne who values autonomy
- alternativeAnother available choice
- outsiderOne excluded from group
- dropoutOne who quits early
off-grid · anti-consumerism · autonomy · self-expression · authenticity · liberation
hippies
Countercultural youth of the sixties
- beatniksFifties countercultural rebels
- WoodstockLandmark 1969 music festival
- communeShared-living community
psychedelia · Haight-Ashbury · Dada · Rastafari · hip-hop · graffiti · squatters
indie
Produced outside majors
bohemian · beatnik · avant-garde · DIY · zine · vintage · retro · artsy · funky · offbeat
dissent
Disagreement with authority
- defianceOpen resistance to authority
- rebellionDefiance of established power
- nonconformityRejection of prevailing norms
antiestablishment · radicalism · iconoclasm · disobedience · subversion · agitprop · provocateur · manifesto · samizdat · détournement
protest
Public expression of disapproval
- sit-inProtest by remaining seated
- feminismAdvocacy for sex equality
- environmentalismAdvocacy for nature protection
antiwar · pacifism · veganism · boycott · Strike · occupy · abolitionism
nonconformist
Rejects prevailing social standards
- individualistOne who values autonomy
- alternativeAnother available choice
- outsiderOne excluded from group
dropout · off-grid · anti-consumerism · autonomy · self-expression · authenticity · liberation
- groupsteam, teams, group, club, clubs
- social spheressubcultures, online communities
counterculturesmainstream
Dominant cultural current
dominant culture · popular culture · mass culture · orthodoxy · bourgeois society
counterculturesconformity
Adherence to norms
traditionalism · propriety · conformism · conservatism · conventionalism
counterculturesestablishment
Founded organization or venue
corporate culture · power structures · status quo · the system · high culture
- 1960s countercultureSixties anti-establishment movement
- countercultural movement