Non mainstream
A list of adjectives indicating 'non mainstream':
aberrant -
absurd -
abnormal
- alternative
- avant-garde
- banned
- bizarre
- clandestine
- controversial
- cult
- degenerate
- deviant
- different
- disgusting
- eccentric
- elitist
- esoteric
- excessive
- extravagance
- exotic
- forbidden
- gratuitous
- grotesque
- hermetic
- hidden
- illegal
- illicit
- incongruous
- independent
- kinky
- ludicrous
- macabre
- monstrous
- obscure
- occult
- offbeat
- offensive
- original
- outlandish
- outsider
- perverse
- queer
- rare
- strange
- subversive
- supernatural
- surreal
- taboo
- transgressive
- travesty
- ugly
- uncanny
- unconventional
- underground
- unusual
- weird
Compare with:
mainstream
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Aberrant: Deviating from what is normal
Alternative: Existing outside traditional or established institutions or systems
Avant Garde: radically new or original
Bizarre: Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance.
Counter culture: a term that came in vogue in the fifties
Cult: an exclusive group of persons sharing an esoteric, usually artistic or intellectual interest.
Deviant: Differing from a norm or from the accepted standards of a society.
Different: Unlike in form, quality, amount, or nature; dissimilar
Disgusting: To offend the taste or moral sense of; repel
Eccentric: Departing from a recognized, conventional, or established norm or pattern.
Elitist
Esoteric: Intended for or understood by only a particular group
Excessive
Exotic: Intriguingly unusual or different; excitingly strange
Hermetic
Hidden
Independent: as in indie rock, independent cinema
Kinky: Showing or appealing to bizarre or deviant tastes, especially of a sexual or erotic nature.
Obscure
Occult: Available only to the initiate; secret
Offbeat: Not conforming to an ordinary type or pattern; unconventional: offbeat humor.
Offensive: disgusting, loathsome, nasty, repellent, repulsive, revolting, vile
Original: Not derived from something else; fresh and unusual
Queer: Odd or unconventional, as in behavior; eccentric. See Synonyms at strange.
Rare: Of an uncommon nature; unusually excellent; valuable to a degree seldom found
Strange: Differing from the normal.
Subcultural: A subculture is a set of people with distinct behavior and beliefs within a larger culture.
Taboo: Excluded or forbidden from use, approach, or mention
Transgressive: Exceeding a limit or boundary, especially of social acceptability
Unconventional; Not adhering to convention; out of the ordinary.
Underground: hidden, clandestine, secret, illegal
Weird: Of a strikingly odd or unusual character; strange.
Idiosyncratic
Deviating from the customary: bizarre, cranky, curious, eccentric, erratic, freakish, odd, outlandish, peculiar, quaint, queer, quirky, singular, strange, unnatural, unusual, weird. Slang kooky, screwball. British Slang rum, rummy2. See usual/unusual. --Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
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