"rockist" meaning in English

See rockist in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more rockist [comparative], most rockist [superlative]
Etymology: rock + -ist Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|rock|ist}} rock + -ist Head templates: {{en-adj}} rockist (comparative more rockist, superlative most rockist)
  1. Related to rockism. Categories (topical): Forms of discrimination
    Sense id: en-rockist-en-adj-Xjs2QXFX Disambiguation of Forms of discrimination: 56 44

Noun

Forms: rockists [plural]
Etymology: rock + -ist Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|rock|ist}} rock + -ist Head templates: {{en-noun}} rockist (plural rockists)
  1. (derogatory) One who subscribes to rockism. Tags: derogatory
    Sense id: en-rockist-en-noun-r3kvE0EE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ist Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 85 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 19 81 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ist: 17 83

Inflected forms

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