electropop

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noun

a genre fusing electronic and pop music; technopop

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Meanings

nounelectropop (uncountable)

alternative electro-pop · alternative electro pop

  1. uncountableentertainmenta genre fusing electronic and pop music; technopop

    I said, I bet that you look good on the dancefloor / Dancing to electropop like a robot from 1984

    2005, Alex Turner, “I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor”, performed by Arctic Monkeys
    1 more example

    Electropop songs are essentially pop songs, often with simple, catchy hooks and dance beats, but they differentiated from those of electronic dance music genres in that the songwriting takes precedence over danceability.

    2017, Norman Abjorensen, Historical Dictionary of Popular Music, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 160

Origin

  1. Frenchélectro-
  2. Ancient Greekἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)
  3. Latinēlectrum
  4. Latinelectro-
  5. Englishelectro-
  6. Proto-Italic*poplos
  7. Old Latinpopulus
  8. Latinpopulus
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  11. Latinpopulāri
  12. Old Frenchpopulaire
  13. Latinpopulāris
  14. Middle Englishpopuler
  15. Englishpopularclip.
  16. Englishpop
  17. Englishelectropop

From electro- + pop.

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APA

electropop. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/electropop

MLA

“electropop.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/electropop. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “electropop,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/electropop.

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