Antimusic

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any form of music that defies convention to such a degree that some people would not recognise it as musical. uncountable, usually

    "[…] the current vogue, on the internet, for creating “black midi” files using software to create musical performances with literally millions of notes being played […] is unlikely to appeal to the general listener and we should probably consider it a deviant case of anti-music made for frivolous purposes rather than any kind of polemic."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Opposing music. not-comparable

    "In other words, the lack of musical ritual in Canada cannot be understood as yet another case of Muslim antimusic sentiment."

Example

More examples

"[…] the current vogue, on the internet, for creating “black midi” files using software to create musical performances with literally millions of notes being played […] is unlikely to appeal to the general listener and we should probably consider it a deviant case of anti-music made for frivolous purposes rather than any kind of polemic."

Etymology

From anti- + music.

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