Definition of "kitsch"

kitsch

/kɪt͡ʃ/

noun
usually uncountable, plural kitsches
1. Art, decorative objects, and other forms of representation of questionable artistic or aesthetic value; a representation that is excessively sentimental, overdone, or vulgar.
  Quotations
  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.
  1939, Clement Greenberg, “Avant Garde and Kitsch”, in The Partisan Review‎, archived from the original on 13 October 2007
adjective
comparative kitscher or more kitsch, superlative kitschest or most kitsch
1. Of art and decor: of questionable aesthetic value; excessively sentimental, overdone or vulgar.
  Quotations
  […] a picture of lemur-eyed children of the sort one sees in the kitscher sort of Italian restaurant […]
  1989, Graham Greene, Yours etc: Letters to the Press 1945-1989, page 243
  Abe Lincoln, Paul Bunyan and kitsch souvenir coconut heads come across as icons of masculinity.
  June/July 1996, Robert Silberman, “The stuff of art: Judy Onofrio”, in American Craft, pages 40–45
  I recognized her at once even though she wasn't wearing the tweed hunting outfit and the kitsch headwear.
  spring 2005, Ronald Frame, “Critical Paranoia”, in Michigan Quarterly Review, page 285