Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overculture

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: over-cul-ture
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The dominant culture in a society, whose mores, traditions, and customs are those normally followed in public, as opposed to a subculture.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁eti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin cultūrader. Middle French cultureder. English culture English overculture From over- + culture.

Inflected Forms

overcultures (plural)

Derived Forms

overcultural

Frequently Paired Words

underculture

Synonyms

uberculture

Questions

What does overculture mean?: The dominant culture in a society, whose mores, traditions, and customs are those normally followed in public, as opposed to a subculture.
Where does overculture come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁eti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin cultūrader. Middle French cultureder. English culture English overculture From over- + culture.

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