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spectacularism

spectacularism noun: the quality of being spectacular.

Noun

spectacularism (countable and uncountable, plural spectacularisms)

  1. The quality of being spectacular.
    • Part of the spectacularism is all the glory the client gets for what we do.1988 April 1, Adam Langer, “Show Business”, in Chicago Reader
  2. (uncommon) A dramatic act meant to create a spectacle.
    • But when he entered the halls of Congress and tried the same spectacularisms upon some of the thoughtful statesmen of the time he met with ridicule.1917, Glenn Newton Merry, The Fundamentals of Public Speaking

Forms of spectacularism

pluralspectacularisms

Origin of spectacularism

From spectacular + -ism.

Questions about spectacularism

What does spectacularism mean?
Spectacularism means the quality of being spectacular.
What part of speech is spectacularism?
Spectacularism is a noun.
What is the plural of spectacularism?
The plural of spectacularism is spectacularisms.

Words near spectacularism in the dictionary

  1. spectacular
  2. spectacular mark
  3. spectacular marks
  4. spectacular rustgill
  5. spectacular rustgills
  6. spectacularism
  7. spectacularisms
  8. spectacularities
  9. spectacularity
  10. spectacularize
  11. spectacularized

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