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art speak

art speak is the alternative spelling of artspeak.

Meaning of artspeak

Noun

artspeak (uncountable)

  1. (derogatory, often) The specialist vocabulary and language associated with art and artists, especially when seen as complicated or pretentious.
    • Mr. Quinn[…] was uptown exploring the new $26 million, 40,000 square foot museum addition because he takes students to museums as part of a course he teaches in New York on what to say about paintings—artspeak.1987 February 4, William E. Geist, “The Art of Artspeak: Be Sophisticated”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Origin of art speak

art + speak.

Questions about art speak

What is art speak the alternative spelling of?
Art speak is the alternative spelling of artspeak.

Words near art speak in the dictionary

  1. art rooms
  2. art school
  3. art schools
  4. art song
  5. art songs
  6. art speak
  7. art student
  8. art students
  9. art therapies
  10. art therapy
  11. art track

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