world beat

noun

(sometimes initial capital letters) any of various styles of popular music combining traditional, native forms with elements of another culture's music, especially of Western rock and pop.

First recorded in 1985–90

Unwillingly the remembrance of the outer world beat back into Billy's mind.

And then the great heart of the world beat with noble generosity.

But within these forms of the older world beat for the first time the spirit which was to characterize the new.

They were sick and sorrowful, and the tempests of the world beat upon them.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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