imagistic
imagistic adjective: of or pertaining to imagism.
Adjective (1)
imagistic (comparative more imagistic, superlative most imagistic)
- Of or pertaining to imagism.
- So much 'performance art' tends to be a kind of closed, aloof, imagistic, private vision.1988 January 29, Justin Hayford, “Stage Business: a young director mixes it up at the Goodman”, in Chicago Reader
Adjective (2) capitalized: Imagistic
Imagistic (comparative more Imagistic, superlative most Imagistic)
- Alternative form of imagistic.
- 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
Forms of imagistic
| comparative | more imagistic |
|---|---|
| superlative | most imagistic |
| alternative form | Imagistic |
| comparative | more Imagistic |
| superlative | most Imagistic |
Origin of imagistic
From imagist + -ic or image + -istic.
Words formed from imagistic
Questions about imagistic
- What does imagistic mean?
- Imagistic means of or pertaining to imagism.
- What part of speech is imagistic?
- Imagistic is an adjective.
Words near imagistic in the dictionary
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