Kitsch vs Sentiment - What's the difference?
kitsch | sentiment |
Art, decorative objects and other forms of representation of questionable artistic or aesthetic value; a representation that is excessively sentimental, overdone, or vulgar.
* 1939 , , "
Said especially of art and decor that is considered to be of questionable aesthetic value; excessively sentimental, overdone or vulgar.
* 1989 , Graham Greene, Yours etc: Letters to the Press 1945-1989 , ISBN 1871061229, p. 243,
* 1996 , Robert Silberman, "The stuff of art: Judy Onofrio", American Craft , Jun/Jul 1996, pp. 40-45,
* 2005 , Ronald Frame, "Critical Paranoia", Michigan Quarterly Review , Spring 2005, p. 285,
A general thought, feeling, or sense.
* {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
, chapter=5, title= (label) Feelings, especially tender feelings, as apart from reason or judgment.
(label) Gentle or tender feelings, sometimes of a weak or foolish kind.
As nouns the difference between kitsch and sentiment
is that kitsch is while sentiment is a general thought, feeling, or sense.kitsch
English
(wikipedia kitsch)Noun
(-)Avant Garde and Kitsch", The Partisan Review ,
- 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.
Synonyms
* campAdjective
(en-adj)- Abe Lincoln, Paul Bunyan and kitsch souvenir coconut heads come across as icons of masculinity.
- I recognized her at once even though she wasn't wearing the tweed hunting outfit and the kitsch headwear.
Usage notes
* Although the forms (kitscher) and (kitschest) are attested, those formed on (kitschy) are more common, particularly for the comparative.Synonyms
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English
Noun
A Cuckoo in the Nest, passage=The departure was not unduly prolonged.