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Kitsch is an early 20th-century borrowing from German, and it refers to things in the realm of popular culture that are tacky, like car mirror dice, plastic flamingos, and dashboard hula dancers.
Examples of kitsch in a Sentence
Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 6 July 2024
Flack’s art knowingly flouted the traditional standards of good taste, blurring the boundaries between high and low, painting and photography, and kitsch and avant-garde.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 1 July 2024
This is the well-trod territory of cringe and kitsch.
—Maura Judkis, Washington Post, 30 June 2024
The true difference, though, lies in the piece’s shift from commercialized kitsch to camp sincerity.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 27 June 2024
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“Kitsch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kitsch. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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