Where does “turpizm” come from?
turpizm (Polish) comes from Polish -izm, from Ottoman Turkish ـیزم, from Latin -ismus, from Ancient Greek -ισμός, from Ancient Greek -μός, from Proto-Indo-European -mós — Creates action/result nouns from verb stems.
turpizm (Polish): a literary and artistic device that employs ugly and unaesthetic elements in order to create aesthetic shock
Definitions
- a literary and artistic device that employs ugly and unaesthetic elements in order to create aesthetic shock