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Meaning of gothic rock | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A style of music that developed out of punk rock in the late 1970s, with lyrics and imagery often referring to morbid, spooky or mystical ideas.
    uncountable
  2. Alternative spelling of gothic rock.
    alt-of, alternative, uncountable

Equivalents

Suomi goottirock
Polski gotycki gotyk

Examples

“Since the 1980s, several goth substyles have⟳ mixed the Batcave heritage with other musical genres into new goth substyles. New wave⟳ was gothed into darkwave, classic rock into gothic rock, and metal into gothic metal.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Gothically Gothiciser Gothicism Gothicist Gothicity Gothicness

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