

  • n. Sentimentality or vulgar, often pretentious bad taste, especially in the arts: "When money tries to buy beauty it tends to purchase a kind of courteous kitsch” ( William H. Gass).
  • n. An example or examples of kitsch.
  • adj. Of, being, or characterized by kitsch: "The kitsch kitchen ... has aqua-and-white gingham curtains and rubber duck-yellow walls painted in a fried-egg motif” ( Suzanne Cassidy).

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  • adj. Said especially of art and decor that is considered of questionable aesthetic value; excessively sentimental, overdone or vulgar.


  • n. excessively garish or sentimental art; usually considered in bad taste


German, probably of dialectal origin.
From German Kitsch, from dialectal kitschen ("to coat, to smear"), the word and concept were popularized in the 1930's by several critics who opposed it to avant garde art. (Wiktionary)


