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antidisco

antidisco adjective: opposing or taking a negative view of disco.

Adjective

antidisco (comparative more antidisco, superlative most antidisco)

  1. Opposing or taking a negative view of disco
    • Maybe suburban Sunbelt teens--the shock troops of the antidisco movement--couldn't relate to the disco milieu because they balked at rubbing shoulders with urban blacks or Hispanics in crowded clubs.1991 September 13, Bill Wyman, “Disco without shame”, in Chicago Reader
    • Gordon argues that antidisco attitudes had a negative impact on black and gay communities.2005 June 10, Laura Kopen, “A day-by-day guide to what's happening”, in Chicago Reader

Forms of antidisco

comparativemore antidisco
superlativemost antidisco

Origin of antidisco

From anti- + disco.

Questions about antidisco

What does antidisco mean?
Antidisco means opposing or taking a negative view of disco.
What part of speech is antidisco?
Antidisco is an adjective.

Words near antidisco in the dictionary

  1. antidisciplinarian
  2. antidisciplinarians
  3. antidisciplinary
  4. antidiscipline
  5. antidisciplines
  6. antidisco
  7. antidiscount
  8. antidiscounting
  9. antidiscrimination
  10. antidiscriminative
  11. antidiscriminatory

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