anthemic

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English

Etymology

From anthem +‎ -ic.

Pronunciation

Adjective

anthemic (comparative more anthemic, superlative most anthemic)

  1. (music) Suggestive of an anthem; rousing.
    • 1999, Sean Bidder, House: The Rough Guide, page 109:
      Hardly inspirational stuff, but this beatmix collection of popular House/garage cuts by DJ Pierre, Roger S, Ultra Naté and others is probably the easiest place to find Farley's anthemic "Love Can't Turn Around".
    • 2014, Kevin Prested, Punk USA: The Rise and Fall of Lookout Records, page 79:
      Honing the band's anthemic sound and stance, they relocated to Richmond and created a solid lineup.
    • 2015, Rose Bretécher, Pure:
      But something new was rippling through a million MySpace profiles. The sound was electro, and bass-laced synthetic dance pop would soon start streaming in from producers in Paris, dizzying the twenteens of Britain with its accessible, anthemic funk.

Derived terms

Noun

anthemic (plural anthemics)

  1. (music) A song that is suggestive of an anthem.
    • 2009 March 16, Ben Rayner, “Hot sounds”, in Toronto Star‎:
      Passionate anthemics, prog-rock twists and turns, and several Hendrix-ian guitar burnouts by self-aware showman Patrick Krief aimed straight for the cheap seats and left everyone feeling pleasantly dazed.

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