Kitsch Definition

kĭch
noun
Art, writing, etc. of a shallow kind, calculated to have popular appeal.
Webster's New World
adjective
kitscher, kitschest

Said especially of art and decor that is considered to be of questionable aesthetic value; excessively sentimental, overdone or vulgar.

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Base Form:
kitsch
Comparative:
kitscher
Superlative:
kitschest

Origin of Kitsch

  • German Kitsch (originally used of kitschy painting) perhaps from kitschen to sweep or rake up street mud or from German dialectal kitschen to sell off cheaply

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From German Kitsch, from dialectal kitschen (“to coat, to smear”), the word and concept were popularized in the 1930's by several critics who opposed it to avant garde art.

    From Wiktionary

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