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Imagism Moderate

Origin: Greek suffix -ism

Imagism has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a movement by American and English poets early in the 20th century in reaction to Victorian sentimentality; used common speech in free verse with clear concrete imagery

2

A form of poetry utilising precise imagery and clear language.

3

Alternative form of imagism

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
artistic movement
Rhyming Words
ism oism jism wuism agism meism prism yoism quism reism weism tuism ovism idism grism deism seism icism zoism owlism
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