new romantic
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.42 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A person involved in the New Romanticism movement.
Example Sentences
- "As a band influenced by the European electronic underground, and not the popular New Romantics like Duran Duran, Moev was out of step with both the corporate rock that dominated the Canadian music industry and Vancouver's thriving punk scene."
- "But by the early 1980s the energy had largely drained from the punk movement, giving way to the synthesizers, eyeliner and bouffants of so-called New Romantic bands like Duran Duran and Adam and the Ants."
Etymology
* Rhymes: -æntɪk