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counterculture

subculture whose values and norms of behavior deviate from those of mainstream society
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counterculture

Summary

counterculture ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (694 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • counterculture is a type of subculture[2].
  • counterculture's Commons category is recorded as Counterculture[3].
  • counterculture is the opposite of mainstream[4].
  • counterculture's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Counterculture[5].
  • counterculture's described by source is recorded as Dresdner Hefte[6].
  • counterculture's named by is recorded as Theodore Roszak[7].

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Definition and Type

counterculture is a type of subculture[2]. counterculture is the opposite of mainstream[4].

Why It Matters

counterculture ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (694 views/month).[1] counterculture has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] counterculture is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

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  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Opposite of → mainstream
    Subclass of → subculture
    Topic's main category → Category:Counterculture
    Subclass of → —
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 13455, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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