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occulture

noun
/əˈkʌlt͡ʃə(ɹ)/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi Proto-Italic *op Latin ob Latin ob- Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- Proto-Indo-European *ḱéletider. Latin *celo Latin occulō Latin occultusbor. English occult Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁-e-ti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin cultūrader. Middle French cultureder. English culture blend English occulture Blend of occult + culture. First used in Rapid Eye magazine by Simon Dwyer. Later used by Professor Christopher Partridge.

  1. derived from *kʷel-✻ — “to move; to turn (around)”
  2. derived from cultūra — “cultivation; culture”
  3. derived from culture — “cultivation; culture”
  4. compounded as occulture — “occult + culture”

Definitions

  1. The appropriation by a subculture of occult themes (New Age, etc.) in opposition to the…

    The appropriation by a subculture of occult themes (New Age, etc.) in opposition to the dominant culture.

    • UFO religions drink deeply from the waters of occulture, while, at the same time, seeking to reconcile their ideas with a contemporary secular and scientific worldview.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for occulture. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA