different between rockism vs rockish

English

Etymology

From rock +? -ism. See rock music.

Noun

rockism (uncountable)

1. (derogatory) A kind of music snobbery that views rock music as superior or normative and values music with "authentic" production values over modern "manufactured" and electronic forms.

   Antonyms: popism, poptimism

   • 2005, J. T. LeRoy, Paul Bresnick, Da Capo best music writing 2005 (page 133)

     You literally can't fight rockism, because the language of righteous struggle is the language of rockism itself.

   • 2008, Philip Auslander, Liveness: performance in a mediatized culture (page 126)

     Broadly speaking, rockism is the belief that rock is the most important form of popular music […]

Derived terms

• rockist

English

Etymology 1

From rock (“stone”) +? -ish.

Adjective

rockish (comparative more rockish, superlative most rockish)

1. Like a rock; stony; (figuratively) hard; callous
   • 1837, William Greenhill, James Sherman, An Exposition of the Prophet Ezekiel:

     God did strike them with Egyptian and Babylonish rods, but there were no tears, no relentings, no returnings, but grew harder and harder, even to a rockish hardiness.

Synonyms

• rocky

Etymology 2

From rock (“rock music”) +? -ish.

Adjective

rockish (comparative more rockish, superlative most rockish)

1. (music) That has the characteristics of rock music.

Synonyms

• rocklike
• rockesque

Related terms

• poppish

Anagrams

• chikors, chokris