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Meaning of "campiness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CAMPINESS

campiness  [ˈkæmpɪnəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CAMPINESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Campiness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CAMPINESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

campiness

Camp (style)

Camp is an aesthetic sensibility that regards something as appealing or humorous because of its ridiculousness to the viewer. Camp aesthetics disrupt many modernists’ notions of what art is and what can be classified as high art by inverting aesthetic attributes such as beauty, value and taste through an invitation of a different kind of apprehension and consumption. Camp can also be a social practice. For many it is considered a style and performance identity for several types of entertainment including but not limited to film, cabaret and pantomime. Where high art necessarily incorporates beauty and value, camp necessarily needs to be lively, audacious and dynamic. “Camp aesthetics delights in impertinence.” Camp opposes satisfaction and seeks to challenge The concept is related to kitsch, and things with camp appeal may also be described as being "cheesy". When the usage appeared, in 1909, it denoted: ostentatious, exaggerated, affected...

Definition of campiness in the English dictionary

The definition of campiness in the dictionary is the quality of being campy.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CAMPINESS


bumpiness
ˈbʌmpɪnəs
chirpiness
ˈtʃɜːpɪnəs
choppiness
ˈtʃɒpɪnəs
clumpiness
ˈklʌmpɪnəs
creepiness
ˈkriːpɪnəs
crispiness
ˈkrɪspɪnəs
croupiness
ˈkruːpɪnəs
dopeyness
ˈdəʊpɪnəs
dopiness
ˈdəʊpɪnəs
droopiness
ˈdruːpɪnəs
dumpiness
ˈdʌmpɪnəs
floppiness
ˈflɒpɪnəs
frumpiness
ˈfrʌmpɪnəs
hippieness
ˈhɪpɪnəs
hippiness
ˈhɪpɪnəs
humpiness
ˈhʌmpɪnəs
jumpiness
ˈdʒʌmpɪnəs
lippiness
ˈlɪpɪnəs
nippiness
ˈnɪpɪnəs
raspiness
ˈrɑːspɪnəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CAMPINESS

camphorated oil
camphoric
camphoric acid
campier
campiest
campily
campimetry
Campin
Campina Grande
Campinas
camping
camping chair
camping ground
camping stool
camping stove
camping van
campion
cample
camply
campness

WORDS THAT END LIKE CAMPINESS

agribusiness
big business
bulkiness
business
cleanliness
cleanliness is next to godliness
comeliness
dizziness
do the business
e-business
emptiness
family business
fitness
friendliness
happiness
holiness
laziness
loneliness
loveliness
readiness
timeliness

Synonyms and antonyms of campiness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «campiness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CAMPINESS

Find out the translation of campiness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of campiness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «campiness» in English.

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campiness
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campiness
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campiness
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Campiness
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कॅंपॅनिमेशन
75 millions of speakers

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campiness
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campiness
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campiness
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campiness
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Trends of use of campiness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CAMPINESS»

The term «campiness» is normally little used and occupies the 138.260 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CAMPINESS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «campiness» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «campiness» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about campiness

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CAMPINESS»

Discover the use of campiness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to campiness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Drugs, Thugs, and Divas: Telenovelas and Narco-Dramas in ...
The campiness is further sustained by an explicitly homosexual character in the company who, stereotypically, is also the fashion designer. This flamboyantly gay designer is able to ambivalently explore continually irritating campy behavior ...
O. Hugo Benavides, 2009
2
Hauntings by the Latin Lover: The Ambiguities of Eroticized ...
Camp □□ "A Gav Children's Musical"?41 Using the conventions of the backstage musical genre, Camp develops a story that acknowledges the queerness of minors through commonplace associations among campiness, musicals, and gay ...
Santiago Castellanos, 2008
3
A Song for Europe: Popular Music and Politics in the ...
Indeed, it is probable that the campiness — or the perceived campiness — of the concours has grown as gays, lesbians, and transsexuals have become a more visible part of the ESC and as Europe has become more closely associated with  ...
Ivan Raykoff, Robert Deam Tobin, 2007
4
Bad Music: The Music We Love to Hate
... camp (like cheesy) is a word that comes up repeatedly in relation to LL. Joe McGinty, however, is careful to qualify the event's campiness: "It's fun to camp it up and that adds another element to [the performance]. But we really are sincere, we ...
Christopher Washburne, Maiken Derno, 2004
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The Queer Sixties
We should take Amory's warnings to heart or else we are likely to confuse his campiness for racism. For example, his American Indians speak in the stilted English of the Hollywood Western. They are all strong, brave, and fleet of foot, ...
Patricia Juliana Smith, 2013
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Lovers and Beloveds: Sexual Otherness in Southern Fiction, ...
exaggerates it through Wildean campiness. He is a “[s]ilver—tongued devil” ready with a quip, a flamboyant hand motion, and a dash of French for every occasion—not unlike Capote himself. Randolph presides over conversation at dinner ...
Gary Richards, 2007
7
Cold War Femme: Lesbianism, National Identity, and Hollywood ...
To capture the campiness of Davis's performance in All about Eve, some critics have gone so far as to describe Margo as a drag queen impersonating Davis.40 In promoting a camp mode of reception, Davis's performance style undercut the ...
Robert J. Corber, 2011
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The Aesthetics of Place and the Comedy of Discomfort: Six ...
But that sort of incongruity, it seems to me, does not exactly describe camp because incongruity can exist outside campiness; camp describes a certain stylized behavior that may encompass incongruity, but it to me it includes Moore 110.
Heidi R. Moore, 2007
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Scrapbook
Wilyem Clark. campiness—urgency—stultification :: Series 1, #15, 8/30/09 Let's reexamine this Harold Groznik afresh, with an eye attuned to his marketability. He submitted his bio, video and stills via our website last month. His résumé is brief.
Wilyem Clark
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Encyclopedia of Lesbian and Gay Histories and Cultures
Liberace's glitzy closetedness was ultimately maintained by perjury, of course, but the most remarkable thing about his reception among audiences was surely their blindness to his deliberate, relentless campiness; and this campiness was not ...
George Haggerty, Bonnie Zimmerman, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CAMPINESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term campiness is used in the context of the following news items.
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How Showgirls (Eventually) Turned Into a Hit Movie
Still, Gina Gershon always felt there was more to it than just sexploitation and campiness. As she explained around the launch of the film, "This ... «Den of Geek!, Jul 15»
2
Drive-Thru Americana: California
Photo: Wikimedia Commons Indulge yourself in California's campiness with a visit to the world's biggest dinosaurs in Cabazon. Take a climb up ... «Paste Magazine, Jul 15»
3
“True Detective” grumble thread: Blogger not sure he can take …
We're in a bad place if we're grasping for “maybe it's camp” rationalizations after three episodes, especially since campiness isn't the problem. «Hot Air, Jul 15»
4
Falmouth Jewish Congregation offers summer film series
Ronnie Scheib of Variety says: “With its bright pastels and chirpy campiness, Cupcakes seems closer to Pedro Almodovar's kinky comedies ... «Wicked Local Falmouth, Jul 15»
5
New Pride and Prejudice and Zombies Stills Show Some Skin
So, okay, no campiness, but what should we expect? “Rather than knitting and crocheting, they [the Bennet girls from the novel] are polishing ... «Dread Central, Jul 15»
6
Week in Film: Mutant-Led Revolution and Spaceship-Driven Satire
But besides agreeing wholeheartedly with the mutants' very anti-LA leanings, we're on board with the campiness of this film. Take a pinch of ... «Bedford + Bowery, Jul 15»
7
Summer Series Returns With Films To 'Educate, Inspire, Entertain'
Ronnie Scheib of Variety describes Fox's filmography this way: “With its bright pastels and chirpy campiness, 'Cupcakes' seems closer to Pedro ... «CapeNews.net, Jul 15»
8
The Ever-Evolving Nature of Jimmy Olsen
While DC's other books moved away from the campiness of the Silver Age, Olsen's comic inexplicably celebrated in it, which led to the now ... «Comicbook.com, Jun 15»
9
Party rock band to play winery tonight
“There's definitely a campiness to the band.” The other band members sometimes refer to one another as Michael, Jermaine, Marlin and Action, ... «Record Bee, Jun 15»
10
Y/N: Selena Gomez Brags About Her Good Loving, Remains Chill
Y: Mark Ronson's video for “I Can't Lose” is a cool retro casino night gone wild. So much fur, trumpets, neon effects and campiness, plus Keyone Starr looks and ... «Jezebel, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Campiness [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/campiness>. Apr 2024 ».
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