kitsch

(Engels)

Noun

Art, decorative objects, and other forms of representation of questionable artistic or aesthetic value; a representation that is excessively sentimental, overdone, or vulgar.

Adj

Of art and decor: of questionable aesthetic value; excessively sentimental, overdone or vulgar.

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/kɪt͡ʃ/

Etymologie (Engels)

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.

Concepten

kitsch

ostentatief

Synoniemen

bravura

all hat and no cattle

gimcrack

gimcrackery

nicknack

ostentatious

posey

pretentious

splashy

tinhorn

tinsel

wanky

pseudo-sophisticated

pseudy

a la

all bark and no bite

Vertalingen

Kitsch

kitsch

kicz

kitsch

kitsch

kitsch

kitch

wyniosły

prahlerisch

pretensiós

kitschig

طنان

gonfiante

κιτς

prétentieux