Definition of "subculture"

Like those activities, bodybuilding is an obsession, a living (for a few), and a way of life for the people involved in it—a subculture, in a word, with its own values, aesthetics and vocabulary.

1974, Charles Gaines, George Butler, Pumping Iron: The Art and Sport of Bodybuilding, page 7

White Americans are transitioning toward minority status for the first time. As they do, perhaps their ways will be treated less as the default mainstream, and more as subcultures among subcultures.

2014 November 24, Anand Giridharadas, “How to Talk About Race Without Talking About Race”, in The New York Times‎

White evangelicals once saw themselves “as the owners of mainstream American culture and morality and values,” said Jones. Now they are just another subculture.

2021 July 9, Michelle Goldberg, “The Christian Right Is in Decline, and It’s Taking America With It”, in The New York Times‎

Cultures were subcultured by 20-fold dilution into fresh MS2D medium approximately every 7 d.

1990, Heidi F. Kaeppler et al., “Silicon carbide fiber-mediated DNA delivery into plant cells”, in Plant Cell Reports‎, volume 9, number 8