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alt-rock en · NOUN

Etymology

From alt- + rock.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) Clipped compound of alternative rock.
    • Launching a startup in 2016 is akin to assembling an alt-rock band in 1996 or protesting the Vietnam War in 1971—an act of youthful rebellion gone conformist. 2016 October 3, Tad Friend, “Sam Altman’s Manifest Destiny”, in The New Yorker:

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alt rock alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

alt-rocker