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Meaning of schlockmeister | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

A writer of schlock; an author, film director, etc. who produces tasteless and inferior works.

Canada, US, derogatory, slang

Examples

“Or he could be viewed as a schlockmeister lowering standards for an inarticulate public, especially women—so often conceived as mass-cultural dupes.”
“Hearing Mamet call Spielberg a pretentious schlockmeister was even more shocking to the alderman—to all the aldermen present, in fact, and to Daley, too—than hearing him say he hadn't seen Private Ryan.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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