单词 | literaryism |
释义 | literaryismn. 1. A word, phrase, or other use of language that is characteristic of or peculiar to literature or the art of writing, esp. of a self-conscious literary type; a literary convention, device, or cliché.Often with implications of pretentiousness or the loss of immediacy of expression. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [noun] > laboured or pedantic quality > literarism > instance of literaryism1879 literarism1942 1879 F. T. Elworthy Exmoor Scolding Pref., in Specimens Eng. Dial. 14 A great many literaryisms are pointed out in the notes. 1891 R. L. Stevenson Vailima Lett. (1895) i. 94 I found a lot of slacknesses and (what is worse in this kind of thing) some literaryisms. 1915 E. Pound Let. Jan. (1971) i. 49 Every literaryism, every book word, fritters away a scrap of the reader's patience, a scrap of his sense of your sincerity. 1991 R. Peters Great Amer. Bake-off 11 A reservation about Logan: he likes self-conscious literaryisms: ‘linear demeanours of the shore’, and the ‘sea exposing its fragile negatives’ are examples. 2. The practice of using literary language, references, or conventions, esp. at the expense of freshness and clarity of expression; the use of literaryisms; the tendency to use these. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [noun] > laboured or pedantic quality > literarism literaryism1879 literosity1887 literarism1893 1879 F. T. Elworthy Exmoor Scolding Pref., in Specimens Eng. Dial. 13 The same culture which prompts them to compose at all, binds them in chains of literaryism. 1910 Times 18 Apr. 12/5 Is he [sc. G. B. Shaw] not the triumphant representative of this reaction against ‘Literaryism’? 1983 E. Caldwell in Sat. Rev. (U.S.) July 11/3 The fewer writers you know, the easier it is to avoid being caught up in that mishmash of literaryism. 2000 N. Rapport & J. Overing Social & Cultural Anthropol. 242 Anthropology remains a project well worth pursuing even by writers who will never achieve the artistry of literaryism, and, indeed, might not aspire to it. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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