new wave
An alternative and broad pop and rock music genre that existed during the late 1970s…An alternative and broad pop and rock music genre that existed during the late 1970s and the early to mid-1980s, incorporating punk sensibilities and/or other forms of music, but made with more accessibility.
» Tom doesn't like new wave music.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)An alternative and broad pop and rock music genre that existed during the late 1970s and the early to mid-1980s, incorporating punk sensibilities and/or other forms of music, but made with more accessibility.
- an art movement in French cinema in the 1960s
- any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts)
Examples
6 sentencesTom doesn't like new wave music.
Mary only listens to new wave music.
What's the relationship between punk and new wave?
Protesters Sunday expressed some worry the same fate will befall the new wave of demonstrations.
deDemonstranten am Sonntag zeigten sich besorgt, dass die neue Demonstrationswelle ein ähnliches Schicksal ereilen könne.
Elvis Costello is a demigod of new wave music.
Synonyms
4 synonyms- an art movement in French cinema in the 1960s:Nouvelle Vague
- any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts):avant-gardevanguardvan
Word family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable