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SELF-TAUGHT ART

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does self-taught art mean? 

SELF-TAUGHT ART (noun)
  The noun SELF-TAUGHT ART has 1 sense:

1. a genre of art and outdoor constructions made by untrained artists who do not recognize themselves as artistsplay

  Familiarity information: SELF-TAUGHT ART used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SELF-TAUGHT ART (noun)


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Meaning:

A genre of art and outdoor constructions made by untrained artists who do not recognize themselves as artists

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

naive art; outsider art; primitive art; self-taught art; vernacular art

Hypernyms ("self-taught art" is a kind of...):

genre (a class of art (or artistic endeavor) having a characteristic form or technique)


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