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Meaning of "campness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CAMPNESS

campness  [ˈkæmpnəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CAMPNESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Campness 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 CAMPNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

campness

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 campness in the English dictionary

The definition of campness in the dictionary is the quality of being camp.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CAMPNESS


Amazonas
ˌæməˈzəʊnəs
anus
ˈeɪnəs
bonus
ˈbəʊnəs
Campinas
kæmˈpiːnəs
cavernous
ˈkævənəs
consciousness
ˈkɒnʃəsnəs
deepness
ˈdiːpnəs
genus
ˈdʒiːnəs
hipness
ˈhɪpnəs
indigenous
ɪnˈdɪdʒɪnəs
jimpness
ˈdʒɪmpnəs
Jonas
ˈdʒəʊnəs
minus
ˈmaɪnəs
overripeness
ˌəʊvəˈraɪpnəs
scrimpness
ˈskrɪmpnəs
sinus
ˈsaɪnəs
stuck-upness
ˌstʌkˈʌpnəs
unripeness
ʌnˈraɪpnəs
Venus
ˈviːnəs
wellness
ˈwɛlnəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CAMPNESS

campiness
camping
camping chair
camping ground
camping stool
camping stove
camping van
campion
cample
camply
campo
Campo Formio
Campo Grande
Campobello
campodeid
campodeiform
Campoformido
campong
camporee

WORDS THAT END LIKE CAMPNESS

awareness
business
cheapness
crispness
dampness
darkness
do the business
effectiveness
fitness
happiness
illness
in the wilderness
limpness
madness
plumpness
sharpness
steepness
thickness
tiredness
witness

Synonyms and antonyms of campness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «campness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CAMPNESS

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

Translator English - Chinese

campness
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

campness
570 millions of speakers

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campness
510 millions of speakers

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campness
380 millions of speakers
ar

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campness
280 millions of speakers

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campness
278 millions of speakers

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campness
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

campness
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

campness
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kemampian
190 millions of speakers

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campness
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

campness
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

campness
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Campness
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

campness
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

campness
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

डेहराडून
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

campness
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

campness
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

campness
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

campness
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

campness
30 millions of speakers
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campness
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

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14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

campness
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

campness
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of campness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CAMPNESS»

The term «campness» is used very little and occupies the 179.657 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CAMPNESS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «campness» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «campness» 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 campness

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CAMPNESS»

Discover the use of campness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to campness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Heavenly Bodies: Film Stars and Society
For the most part Garland's campness might be seen as mildly sabotaging her roles and films. (Those who dislike camp feel that it is in fact deeply destructive in its insistently making fun of everything - see Britton 1978/79.) It is seldom of a ...
Richard Dyer, 2004
2
The British Pop Dandy: Masculinity, Popular Music and Culture
... 20-21, 189 arbiter elegantiarum 22 downfall 23 dress 22-3, 29 lifestyle 22 mannerisms 24 personal hygiene 23 Buckley, David 18-19 Butler, Judith 4, 131, 149 Gender Trouble 1 1 8 Byron, Lord 1 6 Callas, Maria, campness 147 fn28 camera, ...
Stan Hawkins, 2009
3
Transnational Stardom: International Celebrity in Film and ...
Bollywood actors are the only desi men onPlanet Earth who're allowed to wear skintight jeans.44 The evident links between marketing, coolness and campness for different kinds of people, especially in the “Londonistani” diaspora depicted by  ...
Russell Meeuf, Raphael Raphael, 2013
4
Masculinity and Its Challenges in India: Essays on Changing ...
... 82, 83,106,131,133,134, 138, 155, 191, 192 Bollywood 14, 21, 50, 81–82, 86, 88, 102, 217, 227–239; see also Indian popular cinema Bombay Dost 64, 237 Brahmo Samaj 37, 39, 51 Butler, Judith 23, 29, 84, 123n14, 215 campness 39, 73 , ...
Rohit K. Dasgupta, K. Moti Gokulsing, 2013
5
Radical Form, Political Intent: Delineating Countercinemas ...
The flaunting of public queerness, as gay camp has become prevalent in the mainstream, has led to a depoliticized gay camp, which Davis refers to as the ' gay' campness of mainstream cinema (Charlie's Angels (2000), Moulin Rouge ( 2001) ...
Robert Patrick Kinsman, 2007
6
Guilty Pleasures: Feminist Camp from Mae West to Madonna
So while some were born camp and some achieved campness, some had campness thrust upon them. . . . Around the time of Torch Song and Johnny Guitar, it became impossible for any sane person to see Crawford as anything but camp ...
Pamela Robertson, 1996
7
Camp David
A fascinating memoir, Camp David is both delightful and revealing. 'A rollercoaster of a read. Brilliantly written.' Sunday Express 'Raucously funny and superbly written.' Heat 'Incredibly honest, a great read.' Sun
David Walliams, 2013
8
Understanding Fandom: An Introduction to the Study of Media ...
The ideaof unintentional campness isinteresting, as it remindsusthat performances canbe unintentional and are interpretedin the mindoftheir beholder . The problemwith theapproaches discussed so far inthis section is that they assumethat ...
Mark Duffett, 2013
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The History of the County of Gloucester: Compressed and ...
It continued many years in the family of Campness, and was lately purchased of Sir Thomas Campness by Peter Holford, of Weston Birt, in this county, Esq. A good estate here belongs to Joseph Saunders, Esq. 2. Kington. The church of ...
Thomas Rudge, 1803
10
Far from Heaven
... in particular, Susan Sontag's 1964 essay 'Notes on “Camp'”, which brought the term to a much broader public — campness has been somewhat diffused, and taken up by mainstream cultureg Campness has maintained its currency within ...
Glyn Davis, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CAMPNESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term campness is used in the context of the following news items.
1
How Showgirls (eventually) turned into a hit movie
Still, Gina Gershon always felt there was more to it than just sexploitation and campness. As she explained around the launch of the film, "this ... «Den Of Geek, Jul 15»
2
No, 'Jurassic World' Is Not Sexist; It Hates Everyone In Equal Measure
Make no mistake: for all its campness, Jurassic World is still very much a blockbuster movie of its time. The CGI is good enough; like most recent summer ... «Junkee, Jun 15»
3
9 Things We Learned About Adam Lambert's 'The Original High'
... back his campness and that it's time for him to stop being "a character". However, he still doesn't regret THAT American Music Awards kiss… «MTV UK, Jun 15»
4
Dancing Mrs. Dalloway
But how, after all, can a ballet depict the poised campness of Woolf's pastiche—or offer a metamorphosis as elegant as this? “He stretched ... «The New York Review of Books, Jun 15»
5
Australian burlesque titillates and teases at Boylesque Festival Vienna
Eurovision may have been the main game in town but many commentators noted this year it had a lack of over-the-top campness, flare, and ... «Star Observer, Jun 15»
6
Stanza and deliver – the filmic poetry of Mad Max: Fury Road
... operatic mode of non-naturalism that shows the influence of Luhrmann as well as Miller's roots in the campness of Ozploitation cinema style. «The Conversation AU, Jun 15»
7
COMMUNITY HEROES HONOURED AT 2015 QUEENS BALL …
... campness and attracted a who's who of both the LGBT community and the political world with senior representatives of all parties attending. «QNews, Jun 15»
8
Ten blockbusters that changed Hollywood
Eschewing the campness of the much-loved 1960s TV show, the director also established the template for casting big names in villainous roles ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jun 15»
9
Sweden wins Eurovision Song Contest
... assembled ranks of the Vienna Boys' Choir, you knew that Eurovision hosted in Vienna was going to be a festival of campness and kitsch. «Telegraph.co.uk, May 15»
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Eurovision: From Abba to Celine Dion, we've been taking a look at …
“It's a cult of campness. Everywhere you looked there was a sea of pink and glitter – it was so brilliantly gay. “People took it incredibly seriously ... «Scottish Daily Record, May 15»

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