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neo-Westerns

neo-Westerns is the plural of neo-Western.

Meaning of neo-Western

Noun

neo-Western (plural neo-Westerns)

  1. A subgenre of the Western genre that includes contemporary settings and uses Old West themes, archetypes, and motifs.
    • In conversation with Cawelti's delineation, we now experience a revitalized genre, the neo-Western. Questions arise: Does the neo-Western signify a point in time when civilization has become so thoroughly corrupted and co-opted that savagery and lawlessness experience an inclining surge, creating a...2019, Douglas Brode, Shea T. Brode, editors, The Twenty-First-Century Western: New Riders of the Cinematic Stage, Lexington Books, →ISBN, page 245
    Synonyms:
    contemporary Western, post-Western

Questions about neo-Westerns

What is neo-Westerns the plural of?
Neo-Westerns is the plural of neo-Western.

Words near neo-Westerns in the dictionary

  1. neo-ultramontanists
  2. neo-vernacular
  3. neo-Victorian
  4. neo-Victorians
  5. neo-Western
  6. neo-Westerns
  7. neo-Zionism
  8. neo-Zionist
  9. neo-Zionists
  10. neoabietic
  11. neoabolitionism

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