Poetism

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Noun
  1. 1
    An avantgarde approach to art introduced by Karel Teige in Czechoslovakia in the 1920s in reaction to the prevailing proletarian art, encouraging lyricism and an epicurean attitude. uncountable

    "And it should be pointed out that poetism is less harmful to poetry than scientism, because although it may make a poetic text seem cranky or pretentious, it will not denature it."

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"And it should be pointed out that poetism is less harmful to poetry than scientism, because although it may make a poetic text seem cranky or pretentious, it will not denature it."

Etymology

Coined by Karel Teige in the 1920s as poet + -ism.

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