ultrapop

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noun

A particularly pure or intense form of pop music.

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Meanings

nounultrapop (uncountable)
  1. colloquialuncountableA particularly pure or intense form of pop music.

    On his third full-length record, Every Dog Has Its Day, prodigy producer and ultrapop songster Mitch Easter continues his search for the perfect hook.

    1988 November 4, Bill Wyman, “Let's Active”, in Chicago Reader
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    What Progressive radio sought to do was provide listeners a true alternative to the frenzied, ultrapop sound of hit radio. Music play lists were not drawn from the charts.

    1989, Michael C. Keith, Broadcast Voice Performance, page 40

Origin

From ultra- + pop.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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