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anti-art

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Art that is usually exhibited and delivered in a conventional context but that makes fun of serious art or the artistic establishment or challenges the nature of art.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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History

Etymology

Etymology tree English anti- Proto-Indo-European *h2er- Proto-Indo-European *h2értis Proto-Italic *artis Latin ars Latin artemder. Old French artbor. Middle English art English art English anti-art From anti- + art.

Across languages

Translations

16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: antiart — art that make makes fun of serious art
  • Danish: antikunst — art that make makes fun of serious art
  • Dutch: antikunst — art that make makes fun of serious art
  • Estonian: antikunst — art that make makes fun of serious art
  • Finnish: antitaide — art that make makes fun of serious art
  • French: anti-art — art that make makes fun of serious art
  • German: Antikunst — art that make makes fun of serious art
  • Italian: anti-arte — art that make makes fun of serious art
  • Polish: antysztuka — art that make makes fun of serious art
  • Portuguese: antiarte — art that make makes fun of serious art
  • Romanian: antiartă — art that make makes fun of serious art
  • Russian: антииску́сство (antiiskússtvo) — art that make makes fun of serious art
  • Serbo-Croatian: antiumjetnost — art that make makes fun of serious art
  • Spanish: antiarte — art that make makes fun of serious art
  • Swedish: antikonst — art that make makes fun of serious art
  • Ukrainian: антимисте́цтво (antymystéctvo) — art that make makes fun of serious art