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artistry

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈɑː(ɹ)tɪstɹi/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

Significant artistic skill.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • 22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Gameshttp://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/ Displaying a sturdy professionalism throughout that stops just short of artistry, director Gary Ross, who co-scripted with Collins and Billy Ray, does his strongest work in the early scenes, which set up the stakes with chilling efficiency.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a superior skill that you can learn by study and practice and observation

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the art of conversation
  • it's quite an art

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: art, prowess

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: superior skill

Narrower terms: aviation, airmanship, eristic, falconry, fortification, homiletics, horology, minstrelsy, musicianship, enology, oenology, puppetry, taxidermy, telescopy, ventriloquism, ventriloquy

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2er- Proto-Indo-European *h2értis Proto-Italic *artis Latin ars Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -ista Late Latin artistader. French artisteder. English artist Middle English -re,-ri,-rie,-ry,-rye English -ry English artistry From artist + -ry.

Across languages

Translations

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Czech: umění — significant artistic skill
  • Czech: umělecké kvality — significant artistic skill
  • Finnish: taiteellisuus — significant artistic skill
  • Georgian: არტისტიზმი (arṭisṭizmi) — significant artistic skill
  • German: Kunstfertigkeit — significant artistic skill
  • German: Artistik — significant artistic skill
  • Irish: ealaíontacht — significant artistic skill
  • Italian: artisticità — significant artistic skill
  • Eastern Mari: художественность (hudožestvennost) — significant artistic skill
  • Polish: kunszt — significant artistic skill
  • Polish: artyzm — significant artistic skill
  • Portuguese: artisticidade — significant artistic skill
  • Russian: артисти́зм (artistízm) — significant artistic skill
  • Russian: худо́жественность (xudóžestvennostʹ) — significant artistic skill
  • Ottoman Turkish: صنعتكارلق (sanʼatkârlık) — significant artistic skill