popular music 1

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Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]

English

Definition

any genre of music having wide appeal (but usually only for a short time)

Synonyms

popular music genre 1
any genre of music having wide appeal (but usually only for a short time)

Hyponym

noun

popular dance music (especially in the late 1970s); melodic with a regular bass beat; intended mainly for dancing at discotheques

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popular dance music of Brazil; derived from the practices of the macumba religious cult

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music of general appeal to teenagers; a bland watered-down version of rock'n'roll with more rhythm and harmony and an emphasis on romantic love

noun

the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community

noun

a genre of popular music composed for ballroom dancing