English Etymology From counter- + cultural. Adjective countercultural (comparative more countercultural, superlative most countercultural) Of or pertaining to a counterculture. 2007 June 18, Edward Rothstein, “Postmodern Thoughts, Illuminated by the Practices of a Premodern Tribe”, in New York Times:In this respect the tribe was not countercultural but counternatural. Derived terms counterculturalismcounterculturalistcounterculturally Wikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.