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Noun: subculture  'súb,kúl-chu(r)
  1. A social group within a national culture that has distinctive patterns of behaviour and beliefs
    "The punk subculture emerged in the 1970s"

Derived forms: subcultures

Type of: social group

Part of: civilisation [Brit], civilization, culture

Encyclopedia: Subculture