Debussysm

Debussysm noun: the musical style or conception of art of Claude Debussy.

Noun

Debussysm (uncountable)

The musical style or conception of art of Claude Debussy.
- The "Société Nationale" and the "S.M.I." shared the honour of introducing to their members a number of important novelties, and the inevitable abundance of amateur efforts and students' exercises among them cannot make us disregard the presence of some works of real value and, above all, the...1915, René Chalupt, “Paris Letter”, in The Chesterian, page 279
- Actually, the so-called present "Debussysm" is only a phase of the eternal process between the consonance and dissonance. Therefore, one who would consider intervals of a fourth or sixth as consonant intervals, or who would introduce the interval of a third in a final chord, is already in his own...1953, Victor Seroff, Maurice Ravel, page 117

Actually, the so-called present "Debussysm" is only a phase of the eternal process between the consonance and dissonance.1953, Victor Seroff, Maurice Ravel, page 117:
In 1918, however, with Wagnerism and Debussysm pervading art, his reaction was more simplistic: the opening statement of "Le Coq" is "L'art c'est la science faite chair".1972, Betty Laura Schwimmer, Jean Cocteau, page 7:

From Debussy + -ism.

What does Debussysm mean?: Debussysm means the musical style or conception of art of Claude Debussy.
How do you use Debussysm in a sentence?: Actually, the so-called present "Debussysm" is only a phase of the eternal process between the consonance and dissonance.
What part of speech is Debussysm?: Debussysm is a noun.

Adapted from Wiktionary: Debussysm (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

Cite this entry: “Debussysm.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/debussysm. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.