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verisms

verisms is the plural of verism.

Meaning of verism

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

Questions about verisms

What is verisms the plural of?
Verisms is the plural of verism.

Words near verisms in the dictionary

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

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