Home › Words › A › arthoodarthoodarthood means the quality or condition of being an art.EtymologyFrom art + -hood.nounThe quality or condition of being an art.e.g.“A move made by Euthyphro suggests another way to avoid the reductio without adopting relativism about arthood.” — 2003, James O. Young, Art and Knowledge, Routledge, →OCLC, page 6:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.artiness 76% match — The quality of being arty. vs arthood →artsiness 68% match — The state or quality of being artsy vs arthood →artisticness 67% match — The quality of being artistic. vs arthood →artifactuality 65% match — The quality of being artifactual. vs arthood →artistry 63% match — Significant artistic skill. vs arthood →unartfulness 63% match — Quality of being unartful. vs arthood →artisanality 63% match — The state or quality of being an artisan. vs arthood →artfulness 63% match — The quality of being artful or of acting in an artful manner. vs arthood →