Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Biology A small-scale culture of microorganisms, cells, or tissues.
- noun Sociology The distinctive culture of a small group of people within a limited geographical area or within an organization such as a school or business.
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- noun A very small
culture .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Chad Hurley welcomed them, at least those simpatico with the YouTube microculture.
In the Plex Steven Levy 2011
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Chad Hurley welcomed them, at least those simpatico with the YouTube microculture.
In the Plex Steven Levy 2011
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This tells me that if we dedicate some percentage of suburban yards to microculture [aka victory gardens, backyard hens, etc] we will not be nearly as hard up as we will be if we just stand around waiting for the truckloads of rice bags and CARE packages to come to us from the factory farms.
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According to the numbers in Fatal Harvest, and elsewhere, the monoculture version of farming is far less productive than microculture [aka small farm or home gardening] in terms of product per acre [to the tune of upwards of 5x less productive].
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Jeopardy! and its fun growing microculture of former contestants have been a part of my life since my own string of appearances began in 1997, as I recounted last year in a memoir called Prisoner of Trebekistan.
Bob Harris: Jeopardy! Winner Hiking for Families of Wounded and Disabled Veterans 2008
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To generalise brutally, they are un-nurtured, brought up in a microculture of neglect, arbitrary and erratic discipline, and love without its concomitant need for boundaries and good behaviour.
The Guardian World News Andrew Sparrow 2011
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Accountability is crucial - you might recall our theory on the subject - and a fixed persona makes the laws of a microculture enforceable.
Penny Arcade 2010
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"We" as in a company culture or "we few .. we happy few" in a department that has a microculture all its own.
SteveFarber.com 2010
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Now, everyone basically is their own microculture, their own nanoculture, their own generation.
deea // supermagnet 2010
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Now, everyone basically is their own microculture, their own nanoculture, their own generation.
deea // supermagnet Andreea Nastase 2010
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