imagism. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

imagism

SYLLABICATION:	im·a·gism
PRONUNCIATION:	m-jzm
VARIANT FORMS:	also Im·a·gism
NOUN:	A literary movement launched by British and American poets early in the 20th century that advocated the use of free verse, common speech patterns, and clear concrete images as a reaction to Victorian sentimentalism.
OTHER FORMS:	ima·gist —NOUN ima·gistic —ADJECTIVE ima·gisti·cal·ly —ADVERB


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