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aphoristicness

aphoristicness noun: the state, quality, or condition of being aphoristic.

Noun

aphoristicness (uncountable)

  1. The state, quality, or condition of being aphoristic
    • [ But ] Tsvetaeva was a poet very much of this world, concrete, surpassing the Acmeists in precision of detail, and in aphoristicness and sarcasm surpassing everybody . More like that of a bird than an angel, her voice always knew[…]1998, Alyssa Wendy Dinega, Exorcising the Beloved: Problems of Gender and Selfhood in Marina Tsvetaeva's Myths of Poetic Genius
    • Meditation and aphoristicness, despite their opposite qualities, are able to embody wisdom; 60, although they are unlike each other, they are doubles . The poetics of the new quatrains continue those poetics which were[…]1990, Wendy Rosslyn, The Speech of Unknown Eyes: Akhmatova's Readers on Her Poetry
    Synonyms:
    aphoristicity

Synonyms of aphoristicness

Origin of aphoristicness

From aphoristic + -ness.

Questions about aphoristicness

What does aphoristicness mean?
Aphoristicness means the state, quality, or condition of being aphoristic.
What part of speech is aphoristicness?
Aphoristicness is a noun.

Words near aphoristicness in the dictionary

  1. aphorist
  2. aphoristic
  3. aphoristical
  4. aphoristically
  5. aphoristicity
  6. aphoristicness
  7. aphorists
  8. aphorize
  9. aphorized
  10. aphorizer
  11. aphorizers

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