sophisti-pop

noun

A subgenre of pop music that emerged during the mid-1980s in the United Kingdom, characterized by polished and often mellow or romantic arrangements and the use of synthesizers and other new technology.

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Meanings

nounsophisti-pop (uncountable)
  1. uncountableentertainmentA subgenre of pop music that emerged during the mid-1980s in the United Kingdom, characterized by polished and often mellow or romantic arrangements and the use of synthesizers and other new technology.

    The fact that the intellectual Green [Gartside] was also a friend and protégé of leading post-structuralist scholar, Jacques Derrida, served further to hype the postmodern playfulness of his sophisti-pop.

    2012, Iain Ellis, Brit Wits: A History of British Rock Humor, Intellect Books, →ISBN, page 102

Origin

Blend of sophisticated + pop, coined retrospectively.

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Translations

German Sophisti-Pop
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Polish sophisti-pop
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Russian софѝсти-по́п
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APA

sophisti-pop. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sophisti-pop

MLA

“sophisti-pop.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sophisti-pop. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sophisti-pop,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sophisti-pop.

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