masscult
The modern industrial equivalent of culture, mass-produced and anonymously consumed,…The modern industrial equivalent of culture, mass-produced and anonymously consumed, without specialization or connoisseurship.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)The modern industrial equivalent of culture, mass-produced and anonymously consumed, without specialization or connoisseurship.
Origin
From mass + cult, coined by Dwight Macdonald in the essay Masscult and Midcult (1960).From mass + cult, coined by Dwight Macdonald in the essay Masscult and Midcult (1960).
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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