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scenesterism

noun

Etymology

From scenester + -ism.

  1. derived from σκηνή
  2. derived from scaena
  3. derived from scene
  4. inherited from scene
  5. suffixed as scenester — “scene + ster”
  6. suffixed as scenesterism — “scenester + ism”

Definitions

  1. The culture of scenesters

    The culture of scenesters; involvement in a lifestyle associated with a particular music scene.

    • It was an unexpected tip of the fedora from a group of artists who, like Danko Jones, had slogged it out on the late '90s American indie circuit but had since left the insular scenesterism behind to pursue loftier ambitions.
    • Wasik's motivation, he claimed in 2006 and later, was to spoof the hipsterism and scenesterism that he found rampant in New York City by creating an artificial and allegedly hip new trend.

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