Rockism

Quick meaning: Rockism is a noun meaning (derogatory) A kind of music snobbery that views rock music as superior or normative and values music with "authentic" production values over modern "manufactured" and electronic forms.

Meaning

(derogatory) A kind of music snobbery that views rock music as superior or normative and values music with "authentic" production values over modern "manufactured" and electronic forms.

Example Sentences

Broadly speaking, rockism is the belief that rock is the most important form of popular music[…]

You literally can't fight rockism, because the language of righteous struggle is the language of rockism itself.

Near as a body could tell from here, rockism wasn’t just liking Yes and the Allman Brothers — it was liking London Calling.

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.

Antonyms for rockism

Common opposites include popism, poptimism.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include dadrock, antirock, rocktronica, rock, roots-rock, rock n roll.

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