rockist
rockist noun: one who subscribes to rockism.
Noun
rockist (plural rockists)
- One who subscribes to rockism.
- The basic thesis of the book is that generations of British rockists attended art school and that this explains the distinction and domination of Britpop.1987, New Society, volume 82
- Rockists would maintain that their music has progressed since 1956, but there is so little musical difference between rock and pop that many of the artists would be impossible to place in one camp or the other.1995, Donald Clarke, The rise and fall of popular music: part 2
Adjective
rockist (comparative more rockist, superlative most rockist)
- Related to rockism.
- Reframe that argument for dance music specifically, and things get weird. Techno and house end up in the “rockist” category — despite their origins in queer culture and radical Blackness — because of their relative emphasis on tradition, craft and underground legitimacy.2022 December 1, Chal Ravens, “We like to party: how pop became the sound of the underground”, in DJ Mag
Examples of rockist in a sentence
- The rockism debate began in earnest in the early 1980's, but over the past few years it has heated up, and today, in certain impassioned circles, there is simply nothing worse than a rockist.2004 October 31, Kelefa Sanneh, “The Rap Against Rockism”, in The New York Times:
- If the idea of rockism confused you, and you lazily thought Pink Floyd were automatically better than Gang of Four, and that good music had stopped with punk, you were a rockist and you were wrong.2006 May 25, Paul Morley, “Rockism—it's the new rockism”, in The Guardian:
Forms of rockist
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | rockists |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more rockist |
| superlative | most rockist |
Origin of rockist
From rock + -ist.
Questions about rockist
- What does rockist mean?
- Rockist means one who subscribes to rockism.
- How do you use rockist in a sentence?
- The rockism debate began in earnest in the early 1980's, but over the past few years it has heated up, and today, in certain impassioned circles, there is simply nothing worse than a rockist.
- What part of speech is rockist?
- Rockist can be a noun or an adjective.
- What is the plural of rockist?
- The plural of rockist is rockists.
Words near rockist in the dictionary
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