Definitions
excessively garish or sentimental art; usually considered in bad taste
Word origin
From German Kitsch, from dialectal kitschen (“to coat, to smear”); the word and concept were popularized in the 1930s by several critics who contrasted it with avant-garde art.
Used in a sentence
“Because it can be turned out mechanically, kitsch has become an integral part of our productive system in a way in which true culture could never be, except accidentally.”
“[…] a picture of lemur-eyed children of the sort one sees in the kitscher sort of Italian restaurant […]”
“Abe Lincoln, Paul Bunyan and kitsch souvenir coconut heads come across as icons of masculinity.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Tacky art”6 letters
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