subculture
Definitions
General English
Agriculture
- noun a culture of microorganisms or cells that is grown from another culture
- verb to grow a culture of microorganisms or cells from another culture
Marketing
- noun a part or sector of society identifiable by factors such as lifestyle, religion, and race
- noun in sociology, a smaller, ‘breakaway’ cultural group characterised by non-mainstream activities, interests, styles of dress, religion etc.
Medical
- noun a culture of bacteria which is taken from a stock culture
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