IMAGISM

imagism

(noun) a movement by American and English poets early in the 20th century in reaction to Victorian sentimentality; used common speech in free verse with clear concrete imagery

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

imagism (usually uncountable, plural imagisms)

(poetry) A form of poetry utilising precise imagery and clear language.

(philosophy) The theory that thinking is based on the formation of images in the mind.

Noun

Imagism (uncountable)

Alternative form of imagism

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

24 May 2025

EARTHSHAKING

(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”


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