paragraphismn.
/ˈparəɡrɑːfɪz(ə)m/, /ˈparəɡrafɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈpɛrəˌɡræˌfɪz(ə)m/ rare.† 1. The occupation or practice of writing or printing newspaper paragraphs (paragraph n. 1c). Obsolete.
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society > communication > journalism > [noun] > writing paragraphs
paragraphing1806
paragraphism1846
paragraphy1858
1846 E. A. Poe Duychink in Wks. (1864) III. 64 A brevity that degenerated into mere paragraphism.
1890 Universal Rev. Sept. 78 The daily newspapers..are overrun with social paragraphism.
2. The study of the paragraphs or sections of a text and their interrelations. rare.
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1999 Harvard Law Rev. 112 765 Comparison of adjoining clauses within a single Article—paragraphism—is a very modest form of intratextualism.
1999 Harvard Law Rev. 112 796 Even if adjoining clauses have no linguistic overlap, they often deal with related subjects, and each is often illuminated by careful comparison with its neighbors. This is the paragraphism technique.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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