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kitsch
[kich]
noun
something of tawdry design, appearance, or content created to appeal to popular or undiscriminating taste.
kitsch
/ ɪʃ /
noun
tawdry, vulgarized, or pretentious art, literature, etc, usually with popular or sentimental appeal
( as modifier )
a kitsch plaster bust of Beethoven
kitsch
Works of art and other objects (such as furniture) that are meant to look costly but actually are in poor taste.
Other 51Թ Forms
- kitschy adjective
- ˈ쾱ٲ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of kitsch1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of kitsch1
Example Sentences
The North Hollywood house, which songwriter Allee Willis first purchased in 1980 and turned into a living ode to all things kitsch, is awash in trinkets and tchotchkes.
It’s so ornate, so frothy with kitsch, you have to smile.
There’s attention to detail and kitsch in everything here.
Life, death, crime, kitsch, nostalgia, immigrant aspirations and witty design — all of these elements converge in the world of motels, which didn’t exist before 1925.
But in “Our Little Secret,” Lohan thankfully isn’t beholden to any of the kitsch that plagued her prior Netflix movies.
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