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alt-pop

alt-pop is the clipping of alternative pop.

Meaning of alternative pop

Noun

alternative pop (uncountable)

  1. A genre of pop music, usually produced by underground performers, characterized by an eclectic range of influences and musically challenging arrangements.
    Synonyms:
    alternapop, alt-pop

Origin of alt-pop

From alt- + pop.

Questions about alt-pop

What is alt-pop the clipping of?
Alt-pop is the clipping of alternative pop.

Words near alt-pop in the dictionary

  1. alt-lite
  2. alt-metal
  3. alt-middle
  4. alt-monthlies
  5. alt-monthly
  6. alt-pop
  7. alt-right
  8. alt-righter
  9. alt-righters
  10. alt-rightist
  11. alt-rightists

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: alt-pop (page history and authors); alternative pop (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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