Rockismn.1
/ˈrɒkɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈrɑˌkɪz(ə)m/ Now historical.
The principles, ideology, or practices of the Rockites.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > Irish politics > [noun] > principles or policies
whiteboyism1777
Defenderism1795
United Irishism1800
republicanism1807
Orangeism1811
Rockism1824
repeal1830
unionism1831
whitefootism1832
West Britonism1841
Young Irelandism1846
Home Rule1858
Fenianism1866
Land-leaguism1881
nationalism1885
Sinn Feinism1907
partition1919
Ulsterization1977
1824 T. Moore Mem. Capt. Rock ii. 130 Our rulers, landlords, clergy, etc. have co-operated successfully..in keeping down the great mass of the people to that exact pitch of depression, at which the contagion of Rockism is always found to be most malignant.
1830 Times 6 Nov. 3/6 There is little doubt that distress and desperation form the mystery, and that a kind of English Rockism is in operation.
1848 J. S. Mill Princ. Polit. Econ. I. ii. ix. 375 Rockism and Whiteboyism are the determination of a people, who have nothing that can be called theirs but a daily meal.., not to submit to being deprived of that for other people's convenience.
2007 P. Bew Ireland iii. 98 Rockism tapped in not simply to agrarian grievance, but to broader sectarian and political themes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
rockismn.2
/ˈrɒkɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈrɑˌkɪz(ə)m/ 1. Adherence to a conventional or orthodox approach to rock music; (also) the belief that rock music is superior to other forms of popular music by virtue of its authenticity, artistic integrity, and lack of commercial motivation.
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1981 Sounds 21 Mar. 21/3 The sneers about ‘rockism’ from critics and the standard pose of many currently-‘in’ Brit bands.
1982 New Musical Express 20 Feb. 27/3 Their rueful rockism is a troubador's lament, a gloom tinged with a romantic flush that might very possibly turn out consumptive.
1989 Q Dec. 161/1 Flip over to side two..and the reasons for their rapid fall from grace become all too apparent—the stodgy rockism of Wild Boys giving way to the lacklustre Bond tune A View To A Kill.
1997 Esquire Apr. 78/1 By the late seventies, punks, too, were decrying the totalitarian influence of ‘rockism’.
2006 Oxf. Amer. Summer 176/1 Rockism tends to favor white, macho guitar music over dance-oriented idioms of black and Latin origin.
2. A clichéd motif in rock music; a stereotypical feature of rock music or musicians.
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1989 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 17 May 40/1 The Destroyers' lead guitarist, bassist and sax player also indulged in some cliched rockisms but the crowd lapped up this good-time brand of rock'n'roll.
1994 Billboard (Nexis) 21 May 51 The classic rockisms here in vocal and melody show Weller leaning heavily on the past.
1997 N.Y. Mag. 2 June 135 Then there's the matter of Rasputina's..jarring mix of Western rockisms (soaring guitar solos, thundering drums) with Eastern modal melodies and endless rolled R 's.
2005 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 17 Sept. (Mag. section) 22 For all their meat-and-potatoes rockisms, the former, it should be recalled, did have the good taste to cover Cameo's cyber-funk classic Word Up.
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