relical
adjEtymology From relic + -al.
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Of or relating to a relic.
- In light of industrial music's attitudes toward tradition, hierarchy, and the body, Stockhausen's opinions seem positively relical when he continues, "Music is the product of the highest human intelligence, and […] as soon as it becomes just a means for ambiance, as we say, environment, or for being used for certain purposes, then music becomes a whore."2013, S. Alexander Reed, Assimilate: A Critical History of Industrial Music, page 47: