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tastemaking

tastemaking adjective: influential in the determination of current taste.

Adjective

tastemaking (not comparable)

  1. Influential in the determination of current taste.
    • But her latest act has catapulted her into art’s tastemaking elite.2007 June 10, Julia Chaplin, “Follow That Motoscafo”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 29 Nov 2013

Noun

tastemaking (uncountable)

  1. The art of setting the current taste.
    • In this century the tastemaking process in the art world - not always distinguishable from the marketing process -has grown prodigiously, keeping pace with the growth in audience.1987 August 30, Grace Glueck, “Tastemakers”, in The New York Times Magazine, archived from the original on 28 Mar 2023

Origin of tastemaking

From taste + making.

Questions about tastemaking

What does tastemaking mean?
Tastemaking means influential in the determination of current taste.
What part of speech is tastemaking?
Tastemaking can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near tastemaking in the dictionary

  1. tastelessly
  2. tastelessness
  3. tastelessnesses
  4. tastemaker
  5. tastemakers
  6. tastemaking
  7. taster
  8. tasters
  9. tastes
  10. tastes blood
  11. tastest

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