Britart

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proper noun

The work of the Young British Artists, a group of conceptual artists, painters, sculptors, and installation artists who came to prominence in the United Kingdom in the 1990s.

OriginEnglish art ← Middle English art ← Old French art →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. The work of the Young British Artists, a group of conceptual artists, painters, sculptors, and installation artists who came to prominence in the United Kingdom in the 1990s.

    A minute's silence, please, in memory of the Britart landmarks that were destroyed in Tuesday night's fire at a Momart warehouse in east London.

    2004 May 28, Thomas Sutcliffe, “Why Britart is a burning issue”, in The Independent

Origin

  1. EnglishBrit-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂er-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂értis
  4. Proto-Italic*artis
  5. Latinars
  6. Latinartem
  7. Old Frenchart
  8. Middle Englishart
  9. Englishart
  10. EnglishBritart

From Brit- + art.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Barritt
Cite this entry
APA

Britart. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Britart

MLA

“Britart.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Britart. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Britart,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Britart.

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