antipop

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English

Etymology

From anti- +‎ pop.

Adjective

antipop (comparative more antipop, superlative most antipop)

  1. Opposing mainstream pop music.
    • 2008 March 15, The New York Times, “South by Southwest, Shot by Shot”, in New York Times‎:
      It extrapolates those ideas in antipop directions; the beat started amid feedback and reverb, then drove the music toward brick-walled dead ends, while Mr. Barnett repeated thoughts like “Strike me down” or “We’re being watched by experts.”
    • 2008 April 17, Jon Pareles, “An Antipop Soundscape of Beats, Riffs, Throbs and Hisses, Full of Ideas”, in New York Times‎:
      Autechre’s soundscape is crowded and discordant, determinedly antipop.
    • 2011, Thomas Harrison, Music of the 1980s, page 143:
      The song, “We've Saved the Best for Last,” became a wide mainstream hit as well, adding even more fuel to an antipop sentiment in jazz.

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Portuguese

Etymology

From anti- +‎ pop.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈpɔ.pi/, /ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈpɔp/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈpɔp/, /ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈpɔ.pi/

Adjective

antipop (invariable)

  1. antipop (opposing mainstream pop music)
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