Definitions
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- noun
Art for art's sake ; art for the sake of art.
Etymologies
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Latin translation of the French l'art pour l'art, a phrase creditted to Théophile Gautier : art for art's sake.
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Examples
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Obscurity for the sake of obscurity is not so much ars gratia artis as a sign of intellectual arrogance or insecurity or perhaps both.
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Obscurity for the sake of obscurity is not so much ars gratia artis as a sign of intellectual arrogance or insecurity or perhaps both…On the plus side, I now know not to waste my time reading anything by Zadie Smith…
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