English Explanatory Dictionary

poetism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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.

Word forms

poetism

Etymology

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

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