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10 Language-to-English Dictionaries庸俗艺术
Pronunciation / Transliteration: yōngsú yìshù
"这种设计充满了媚俗的风格。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Art, objects, or design considered to be in poor taste because of excessive sentimentality or ostentation, but appreciated in an ironic or knowing way.
"The living room was an explosion of neon lights, plastic flamingos, and utter kitsch."
- 1
Considered to be in poor taste, tacky, or overly sentimental, yet strangely appealing.
"She has a collection of kitsch souvenirs from all her road trips across the country."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the German word 'kitsche', meaning 'to make cheap art', originating in the art markets of Munich in the 1860s and 1870s to describe cheap, popular, and marketable pictures and sketches. Over time, the term evolved internationally to denote art, objects, or design considered to be in poor taste because of excessive prettiness or sentimentality, much like the Portuguese term 'brega'.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Kitsch" is said worldwide
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kitsch
Transliteration: kitʃ
"Cette décoration de Noël est complètement kitsch."
Kitsch
Transliteration: kɪtʃ
"Die Porzellanfigur galt damals als reiner Kitsch."
kitsch
Transliteration: kitʃ
"Quel quadro nel soggiorno è di cattivo gusto, puro kitsch."
kitsch
Transliteration: kitʃ
"Su estilo al vestir es un poco kitsch pero muy divertido."
brega
Transliteration: ˈbɾe.ɡɐ
"Aquela gravata colorida é totalmente brega."
भड़कीलापन
Transliteration: bhadkeelapan
"उसकी कला में बहुत अधिक भड़कीलापन है।"
庸俗艺术
Transliteration: yōngsú yìshù
"这种设计充满了媚俗的风格。"
키치
Transliteration: kichi
"그의 예술 작품은 독특한 키치 감성을 담고 있다."
キッチュ
Transliteration: kicchu
"彼女の部屋のインテリアはキッチュな魅力がある。"
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