That which is proper, suitable, seemly, befitting, becoming; fitness, propriety, congruity. esp. in dramatic, literary, or artistic composition…

Character, style, or spirit (of a musical or literary composition, etc.). Obsolete.

As a literary, musical, or artistic quality.

Of feelings, ideas, beliefs, etc., or the expression of these. Energy or vigour of literary or artistic conception or execution; creative vitality…

The condition of having the parts similar in appearance; presentation of one regular or unvaried form on this account; similarity of appearance…

Barbarism of style in art.

Boldness or vigour in conception or execution, esp. of a literary or other artistic work; the fact of not strictly observing conventions of style or…

transferred. Vigour or freedom of conception or execution; forcibleness.

The quality or condition of being correct; conformity to an acknowledged rule or standard, to what is considered right, or to fact; freedom from…

Literary or artistic ‘tinsel’, false glitter.

With reference to a work of art or literature: agreement of the various parts of which something is composed so as to form a whole which exhibits…

Fine Arts. The juxtaposition of varied forms, colours, etc., so as to heighten by comparison the effect of corresponding parts and of the whole…

The quality or fact of being meretricious; showy superficiality; tawdriness.

Graceful delicacy or lightness of style; refinement.

The quality of the transient or emotional, as opposed to the permanent or ideal (contrasted with ethos); emotion, passion. Chiefly with reference to…

Exclusion of meretricious ornament; purity of style, modesty, chasteness.

As an artistic or literary quality.

Studied and superficial or affected prettiness of style, expression, or manner; an instance of this; an item embodying this.

The adoption, to a pronounced or (according to some writers) excessive degree, of a distinctive style, manner, or method of treatment, esp. in…

With the. That which is serio-comic; serio-comic works, performances, etc., considered as a class.

Realism in description or representation.

Breadth of artistic treatment or style; expansiveness, lack of restraint.

(esp. with reference to works of art or literature) evocative representation of the customs, manner of speech, dress, or other features…

The quality in literature or art which depends on the expression of the personality or individuality of the artist; the individuality of an…

The practice of idealizing or the tendency to idealize; the habit of representing things in an ideal form, or as they might be; treatment of a…

Concern with pastoral themes in literature or art. Also: pastoral quality or character; a pastoral trait or affectation.

The state or quality of being academic, esp. in the arts (see academic, adj. 4); conventionality, esp. when excessively formal.

Esp. in reference to art, film, and literature: close resemblance to what is real; fidelity of representation, rendering the precise details of the…

the juxtaposition of different colours, contributing to the overall visual effect of an image, item, etc.; an instance of this; cf. contrast, n. 2.

Cramped quality; narrowness resulting from restraint.

spec. Over-elaboration of detail in art. Obsolete.

Bold departure from the conventional form; daring originality.

Heightened or transcendent reality; spec. = surreality n. at surreal, adj. derivatives.

In art, literature, etc.: (adherence to) realistic or literal representation, without idealization, distortion, or aesthetic interpretation.

False, spurious, or imitative classicism; an instance of this.

Esp. in literature or the media: the use of sensational material or language, or a sensationalistic style, in order to provoke public interest or…

Esp. in literature or the media: the use of sensational material or language, or a sensationalistic style, in order to provoke public interest or…

A box or tin filled with chocolates, stereotypically one decorated in a conventionally pretty or sentimental style; (hence) an artistic style or…

= pseudo-classicism, n.

= academicism, n. 2.

Realism in description or representation; = actuality, n. 4a.

= academicism, n. 2.

Character or characterization as revealed in action or its representation; the quality of the permanent, as opposed to the transient or emotional…

Awesomeness or emotional intensity of conception and execution in an artist or work of art.

= local colour n.

Neoclassical style or principles in the arts, or adherence to these; spec. (a) Art and Architecture, an 18th cent. style characterized by a…

(a) an effect due to or dependent on mass or combined number; a total or grand effect; (b) chiefly Metallurgy, the effect of size and shape in…

A precise and forceful action or manner in beginning a musical piece, passage, or phrase. Also: forceful and decisive style in music or other arts.

Realism or naturalism in the arts; esp. with reference to Italian opera of the late 19th century. Frequently attributive. Cf. verism, n.

Art, objects, design, or entertainment having popular appeal but considered to be vulgar, of low quality, or lacking artistic merit, esp. due to…

Freedom from or absence of representational qualities; a style or method characterized by this freedom. In other arts, esp. music.

A studied or artificial quality inherent in an artist's work, a person's behaviour, etc., suggestive of excessive self-awareness; self-conscious…

figurative. A straining, or strained condition, of the mind, feelings, or nerves. The conflict created by interplay of the constituent elements of a…

The gradual development or exposition of a theme, argument, work of art, etc.; artistic construction.

Ease of manner, studied carelessness; the appearance of acting or being done without effort; spec. of literary style or performance.