post-disco
post-disco noun: a genre of dance music formulated in the late 1970s, after a backlash against disco.
Noun
post-disco (uncountable)
- A genre of dance music formulated in the late 1970s, after a backlash against disco.
- Not many artists could pull off such a variety of styles (funk, post-disco, rock, easy listening, ballads) back then.a. 2008, M. Heyliger, A State-of-the-Art Pop Album
- Bridging the so-called death of disco and the birth of house, all this early-to-mid-'80s music lacks a name beyond drably functional and neutral terms like "dance" or "club music." Post-disco is better because this was music created by and for people […]who refused to accept the official decree of...2009 May 29, Simon Reynolds, “Grunge's Long Shadow”, in Slate
Adjective
post-disco (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to this style.
Forms of post-disco
| alternative form (rare) | postdisco |
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Origin of post-disco
From post- + disco.
Questions about post-disco
- What does post-disco mean?
- Post-disco means a genre of dance music formulated in the late 1970s, after a backlash against disco.
- What part of speech is post-disco?
- Post-disco can be a noun or an adjective.
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