Etymology

succès de scandale

Today it means: The success of work of art due primarily to scandalous subject matter rather than artistic merit. Full definition →

French succès de scandale
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  1. French · borrowed fromsuccès de scandale
  2. English todaysuccès de scandale

Borrowed from French succès de scandale.

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