imagism
/ˈɪmɪd͡ʒɪzəm/
imagism noun: a form of poetry utilising precise imagery and clear language.
Noun (1)
imagism (usually uncountable, plural imagisms)
Noun (2) capitalized: Imagism
Imagism (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.1989, Brian Trehearne, Aestheticism and the Canadian Modernists, page 40
- 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.2001, Chris Beyers, A History of Free Verse, page 135
Forms of imagism
| plural | imagisms |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Imagism |
Origin of imagism
From image + -ism.
Words formed from imagism
Questions about imagism
- What does imagism mean?
- Imagism means a form of poetry utilising precise imagery and clear language.
- What part of speech is imagism?
- Imagism is a noun.
- How do you pronounce imagism?
- Imagism is pronounced /ˈɪmɪd͡ʒɪzəm/.
- What is the plural of imagism?
- The plural of imagism is imagisms.
Words near imagism in the dictionary
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