poptimism
/ˈpɑptɪmɪzəm/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The belief that pop music (or pop culture in general) is worthy of professional critique and interest.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Rockism lost, and poptimism won. All cultural snootiness is now tedious."
- "Soon poptimism—an ideology that maintained that authenticity was a pose and conventionally unserious music (and, later, film, TV and books) had inherent value—became the status quo."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈpɑptɪmɪzəm/
- British English: /ˈpɒptɪmɪzəm/