subcult

English

Etymology

sub- +‎ cult

Noun

subcult (plural subcults)

1. A cult making up part of a larger cult.
   • 1984, William Gibson, Neuromancer (Sprawl; book 1), New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, →ISBN, page 58:

     There was a kind of ghostly teenage DNA at work in the Sprawl, something that carried the coded precepts of various short-lived subcults and replicated them at odd intervals.

   • 2003, William Gibson, Pattern Recognition (Bigend cycle; book 1), New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, page 4:

     The cult of the footage is rife with subcults, claiming every possible influence.

Translations

Translations

• Danish: subkult c