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novelism

novelism noun: the dominance of the novel as a literary form.

Noun

novelism (countable and uncountable, plural novelisms)

  1. (uncountable) The dominance of the novel as a literary form.
  2. (obsolete) novelty, innovation

novelism meaning in Tamil

novelism in Tamil

புதுமை

Forms of novelism

pluralnovelisms

Origin of novelism

From novel + -ism.

Questions about novelism

What does novelism mean?
Novelism means the dominance of the novel as a literary form.
What is novelism in Tamil?
Novelism in Tamil is புதுமை. See Novelism meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is novelism?
Novelism is a noun.
What is the plural of novelism?
The plural of novelism is novelisms.

Words near novelism in the dictionary

  1. noveliser
  2. novelisers
  3. novelises
  4. novelish
  5. novelising
  6. novelism
  7. novelisms
  8. novelist
  9. novelistic
  10. novelistically
  11. novelists

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Adapted from Wiktionary: novelism (page history and authors); novelism (Tamil Wiktionary) (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.

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