kitsch
something of tawdry design, appearance, or content created to appeal to popular or undiscriminating taste.
Origin of kitsch
1Other words from kitsch
- kitsch·y, adjective
Words Nearby kitsch
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How to use kitsch in a sentence
Jennifer Lopez was someone you were supposed to love only ironically, as lowbrow kitsch.
The Jennifer Lopez-Ben Affleck recoupling is the greatest gossip story we’ve had in years | Constance Grady | August 24, 2021 | VoxIn the 90s and 2000s—and continuing to this day—Happy Meals partnered with movie releases, intended to drive audiences to the box office and provide kids with collectible pieces of kitsch.
McDonald's Announces New Meal Collab with Rapper Saweetie, Building on Wildly Successful Musician Collabs | Raisa Bruner | July 29, 2021 | TimeThen came news this week that Taylor kitsch has been cast as the third lead.
Alright ‘True Detective,’ You Got Me: Taylor Kitsch Is a Woman’s Man | Teo Bugbee | November 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTInstead kitsch is the kind of man who invites an audience of women.
Alright ‘True Detective,’ You Got Me: Taylor Kitsch Is a Woman’s Man | Teo Bugbee | November 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn a show with no shortage of great performances, kitsch stood out.
Alright ‘True Detective,’ You Got Me: Taylor Kitsch Is a Woman’s Man | Teo Bugbee | November 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
In other words, Taylor kitsch at his best plays against ego.
Alright ‘True Detective,’ You Got Me: Taylor Kitsch Is a Woman’s Man | Teo Bugbee | November 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe fringes of the scarf lead to a collection of kitsch photos colored in purple dye.
Shining a Spotlight on Mexico’s Iconic Textile—the Rebozo | Liza Foreman | June 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTkitsch-like images are used as ironic devices in artworks critical of the bourgeois taste.
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British Dictionary definitions for kitsch
/ (kɪtʃ) /
tawdry, vulgarized, or pretentious art, literature, etc, usually with popular or sentimental appeal
(as modifier): a kitsch plaster bust of Beethoven
Origin of kitsch
1Derived forms of kitsch
- kitschy, adjective
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Cultural definitions for kitsch
[ (kich) ]
Works of art and other objects (such as furniture) that are meant to look costly but actually are in poor taste.
Notes for kitsch
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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