masscult

noun

Etymology

From mass + cult, coined by Dwight Macdonald in the essay Masscult and Midcult (1960).

  1. derived from cultus
  2. derived from culte
  3. compounded as masscult — “mass + cult

Definitions

  1. 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.

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