KITSCH


Meaning of KITSCH in English

ˈkich noun

( -es )

Etymology: German, from kitschen to slap (a work of art) together, from German dialect, to scrape up mud from the street

: artistic or literary material held to be of low quality, often produced to appeal to popular taste, and marked especially by sentimentalism, sensationalism, and slickness

the traditional gap … between kitsch and literature — William Phillips b.1907

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