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poetasterism

poetasterism noun: the writing of inferior poetry.

Noun

poetasterism (uncountable)

  1. The writing of inferior poetry.

Origin of poetasterism

From poetaster + -ism.

Questions about poetasterism

What does poetasterism mean?
Poetasterism means the writing of inferior poetry.
What part of speech is poetasterism?
Poetasterism is a noun.

Words near poetasterism in the dictionary

  1. poet's jasmines
  2. poet.
  3. poetaster
  4. poetasteries
  5. poetastering
  6. poetasterism
  7. poetasters
  8. poetastery
  9. poetasting
  10. poetastress
  11. poetastresses

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