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Disco vs Antidisco - What's the difference?

disco | antidisco |

As a noun disco

is a short form of discotheque, a nightclub for dancing.

As a verb disco

is to dance disco-style dances.

As an adjective antidisco is

opposing or taking a negative view of disco.

disco

English

Noun

  • (countable, slightly dated) A short form of discotheque , a nightclub for dancing.
  • (uncountable) A genre of dance music that was popular in the , characterized by elements of soul music with a strong Latin-American beat and often accompanied by pulsating lights.

    • Synonyms

    * (place for dancing ): club, nightclub

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To dance disco-style dances.
  • To go to discotheques.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2009, date=February 16, author=Cathy Horyn, title=Designers Square Off: Sexy vs. Classy, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Learning that a discoing sex appeal has returned to the runways is a little like hearing that Barbra Streisand and Barry Gibb are reuniting.}}

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    antidisco

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Opposing or taking a negative view of disco
  • * {{quote-news, year=1991, date=September 13, author=Bill Wyman, title=Disco without shame, work=Chicago Reader citation
    • , passage=Maybe suburban Sunbelt teens--the shock troops of the antidisco movement--couldn't relate to the disco milieu because they balked at rubbing shoulders with urban blacks or Hispanics in crowded clubs. }}
  • * {{quote-news, year=2005, date=June 10, author=Laura Kopen, title=A day-by-day guide to what's happening, work=Chicago Reader citation
    • , passage=Gordon argues that antidisco attitudes had a negative impact on black and gay communities. }}

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