imagism

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Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
15
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈɪmɪd͡ʒɪzəm/

Definition of imagism

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (uncountable, usually)A form of poetry utilising precise imagery and clear language.
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noun

  1. (uncountable, usually)A form of poetry utilising precise imagery and clear language.
  2. (uncountable, usually)The theory that thinking is based on the formation of images in the mind.
  3. (alt-of, alternative, uncountable)Alternative form of imagism.
    “The same will be true of Imagism: a certain degree of variation from a purist definition of the school will take us to a kind of poetry that “Imagism" can no longer describe, although we may still wish to speak of Imagistic tendencies or echoes in the derivative verse.”
    “In contrast, the short-line poetry that flowered in Imagism offers a kind of homogeneity that follows its own set of decorums, tending to exclude other modes.”
    “While in general the male 'Imagists' had either never positively committed to Imagism per se (D. H. Lawrence, James Joyce) or had moved on to other projects (Pound, Wyndham Lewis) without being succeeded by a second generation, for these women Imagism opened up more long-term possibilities.”

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Etymology

From image + -ism.

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