post-disco

noun

A genre of dance music formulated in the late 1970s, after a backlash against disco.

Meanings

nounpost-disco (uncountable)

alternative rare postdisco

  1. uncountableentertainmentA genre of dance music formulated in the late 1970s, after a backlash against disco.

    Not many artists could pull off such a variety of styles (funk, post-disco, rock, easy listening, ballads) back then.

    a. 2008, M. Heyliger, A State-of-the-Art Pop Album
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    Bridging the so-called death of disco and the birth of house, all this early-to-mid-'80s music lacks a name beyond drably functional and neutral terms like "dance" or "club music." Post-disco is better because this was music created by and for people […]who refused to accept the official decree of disco’s demise.

    2009 May 29, Simon Reynolds, “Grunge's Long Shadow”, in Slate
adjectivepost-disco (not comparable)

alternative rare postdisco

  1. not comparableOf or pertaining to this style.

Origin

Translations

Russian постди́ско
  • постди́ско (postdísko)genre of dance music
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Chicago

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