electronica

noun

elec·​tron·​i·​ca i-ˌlek-ˈträ-ni-kə 

: dance music featuring extensive use of synthesizers, electronic percussion, and samples of recorded music or sound

Examples of electronica in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Instead of electronica, spectators were treated to a string quartet. —Alexandra Moe, The Atlantic, 24 Aug. 2025

Uchis, 31, is equally adept and authoritative whether performing reggaeton or boleros, cumbia or reggae, hip-hop or dance-pop, R&B or electronica. —George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Aug. 2025

Even though Danny Ocean has long been known by a sound that merges minimal pop, dancehall, and sentimental electronica, Babylon Club represents a real expansion. —Martín Toro, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2025

Wafting, swelling, and subsiding in billowy bursts, the songs aren't rock or electronica, but a celestial place somewhere in between. —Ew Staff Published, EW.com, 14 Aug. 2025

Word History

Etymology

probably from New Electronica, recording label of the British firm Beechwood Music Ltd.

First Known Use

1980, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for electronica

• chronica
• hanukkah
• harmonica
• japonica
• veronica