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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FISSILE

(adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; “fissile crystals”; “fissile wood”


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