Acmeism
/ˈæk.miː.ɪz.əm/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A literary movement in early twentieth-century Russia, reacting against symbolism and concerned with greater immediacy in poetic language. uncountable
"A manifestation of Russian modernism that comprised those who had “overcome” symbolism, acmeism represents a facet of 20th-century Russian literature without a direct predecessor in Europe."
- 2 An early 20th-century Russian school of poetry that rejected the vagueness and emotionality of Symbolism in favor of Imagist clarity and texture. wordnet
Example
More examples"A manifestation of Russian modernism that comprised those who had “overcome” symbolism, acmeism represents a facet of 20th-century Russian literature without a direct predecessor in Europe."
Etymology
From Russian акмеи́зм (akmeízm), from Ancient Greek.