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View synonyms for roots

roots

/ ruːts /

adjective

  1. (of popular music) going back to the origins of a style, esp in being genuine and unpretentious

    roots rock

Roots

  1. (1976) A Pulitzer Prize –winning novel by the African-American author Alex Haley , later made into a popular television drama. It traces a black American man's heritage to Africa , where his ancestors had been captured and sold as slaves.

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Derived Forms

  • ˈrootsy, adjective

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