poptimism

noun
/ˈpɑptɪmɪzəm/US/ˈpɒptɪmɪzəm/UK

Etymology

Blend of pop + optimism.

Definitions

  1. The belief that pop music (or pop culture in general) is worthy of professional critique…

    The belief that pop music (or pop culture in general) is worthy of professional critique and interest.

    • Rockism lost, and poptimism won. All cultural snootiness is now tedious.
    • Soon poptimism—an ideology that maintained that authenticity was a pose and conventionally unserious music (and, later, film, TV and books) had inherent value—became the status quo.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for poptimism. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA