high camp

noun

A sophisticated form of camp (campiness), which may display good talent and skill.

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Meanings

high camp1

nounhigh camp (uncountable)
  1. attributiveoftenuncountableartA sophisticated form of camp (campiness), which may display good talent and skill.

    But rather than drawing on extant rich stories about female superheroes, contemporary comic-based movies either downplay their powers and their personalities or rewrite them as trashy high camp.

    2008 September 19, Ta-Nehisi Coates, quoting Alyssa Rosenberg, “Why is Hollywood ignoring She-Hulk?”, in The Atlantic
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    A “tropical melodrama” is how the marketing materials bill “The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão.” If that sounds about the most high-camp subgenre ever devised, Karim Aïnouz’s ravishing period saga lives up to the description […]

    2019 May 25, Guy Lodge, “Film Review: ‘The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão’”, in Variety
  2. uncountableUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see high, camp.

High Camp2

proper noun
  1. A locality in the Shire of Mitchell, central Victoria, Australia.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 精緻土 /精致土
  • 精緻土 /精致土 (jīngzhìtǔ)Translations
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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “high camp,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/high%20camp.

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