alt-rock

noun

Clipped compound of alternative rock.

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Meanings

nounalt-rock (uncountable)

alternative alt rock

  1. uncountableentertainmentClipped 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

Origin

From alt- + rock.

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APA

alt-rock. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alt-rock

MLA

“alt-rock.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alt-rock. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “alt-rock,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alt-rock.

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