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verism

verism noun: presenting common, everyday subjects, specifically eschewing the heroic or legendary.

Noun

verism (countable and uncountable, plural verisms)

  1. Presenting common, everyday subjects, specifically eschewing the heroic or legendary.
    • In place of the high polish and artifice of, say, Friday the 13th, there is a rougher verism [in Jackass].2007, Andrew Shanken, “The Sublime "Jackass"”, in Places, volume 19
  2. Synonym of verismo (“19th-century art movement”).
    Synonyms:
    verismo

Synonyms of verism

Forms of verism

pluralverisms

Origin of verism

From Latin vērus (“true”) + -ism.

Questions about verism

What does verism mean?
Verism means presenting common, everyday subjects, specifically eschewing the heroic or legendary.
What part of speech is verism?
Verism is a noun.
What is the plural of verism?
The plural of verism is verisms.

Words near verism in the dictionary

  1. verisimilitude
  2. verisimilitudes
  3. verisimilitudinous
  4. verisimility
  5. verisimilous
  6. verism
  7. verismo
  8. verisms
  9. verist
  10. veristic
  11. veristically

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