different between subculture vs netherworld

English

Etymology

sub- +? culture

Noun

subculture (plural subcultures)

1. A portion of a culture distinguished by its customs or other features.

   The goth subculture has its own mode of dress, and it has a characteristic musical style.

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

     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.

2. (biology) A culture made by transferring microorganisms from a previous culture to a fresh growth medium

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Verb

subculture (third-person singular simple present subcultures, present participle subculturing, simple past and past participle subcultured)

1. (biology) To transfer (microorganisms) to a fresh growth medium in order to start a new culture

See also

• subculture on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Italian

Noun

subculture f

1. plural of subcultura

English

Alternative forms

• nether world

Etymology

From nether- (“beneath, lower”) +? world.

Noun

netherworld (plural netherworlds)

1. The place to which one's spirit descends upon death, conceived as below the surface of the earth.

   In some religions, one's soul departs to a netherworld, hell, instead of the heavens.

2. The locale of the spirit world or afterlife, whether deemed to be situated below the world of the living or not.

   While I was astrally projecting, I felt my soul pass through many insubstantial netherworlds.

3. Specifically, a location of punishment in the afterlife; a hell.

   The missionary was motivated by a sincere desire to rescue souls from eternal torment in the netherworld.

4. (by extension) A hidden, shadowy, or sinister subculture, such as that of organized crime.

   Richard had been initiated into the netherworld of dog racing by his father, and knew all the popular greyhound performance-enhancing drugs.

Usage notes

Depending on cultural context, it may be appropriate to construct this as the netherworld, if only one is supposed to exist.

Synonyms

• (subterranean region for spirits of the dead): Hades, hell, nether region, underworld
• (location of the spirit world or afterlife): astral plane, heaven
• (place of punishment after death): damnation, Hades, hell, underworld
• (hidden, shadowy, or sinister subculture): underworld

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