Usually means: Clarity, economy, precision in poetry.
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We found 18 dictionaries that define the word imagism:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. imagism: Merriam-Webster
  2. imagism: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. imagism: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. imagism: Collins English Dictionary
  5. imagism: Vocabulary.com
  6. Imagism, imagism: Wiktionary
  7. imagism: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. imagism: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. imagism: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. imagism: Dictionary.com
  11. Imagism: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. imagism: FreeDictionary.org
  13. imagism: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  14. imagism: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. imagism: TheFreeDictionary.com
  16. imagism: Rhymezone

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. IMAGISM: Bobs Byway OF POETIC TERMS

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Imagism: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Imagism)

▸ noun:  (poetry) A form of poetry utilising precise imagery and clear language.
▸ noun:  (philosophy) The theory that thinking is based on the formation of images in the mind.
▸ noun:  Alternative form of imagism [(poetry) A form of poetry utilising precise imagery and clear language.]

Similar:
phanopoeia, metaphorics, idyllicism, metaphoreme, poetese, poetry in motion, metapoem, idiom, poeticism, poeticality, more...

Opposite:
realism

Adjectives:
pure, american, early, modern, russian, literary, positive, new, mere, sheer, english

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Similar:
phanopoeia, metaphorics, idyllicism, metaphoreme, poetese, poetry in motion, metapoem, idiom, poeticism, poeticality, more...

Opposite:
realism

Adjectives:
pure, american, early, modern, russian, literary, positive, new, mere, sheer, english



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