Gothicism
Americannoun
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conformity or devotion to the gothic style in the arts.
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the principles and techniques of the gothic style.
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(sometimes lowercase) barbarism; crudeness.
noun
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conformity to, use of, or imitation of the Gothic style, esp in architecture
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crudeness of manner or style
Etymology
Origin of Gothicism
First recorded in 1700–10; Gothic ( def. ) + -ism
Example Sentences
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And, "Gothicism, whatever it is, is not a literary tradition so much as a fairly realistic assessment of modern life."
From Time Magazine Archive
The book had been grand, if the Hebraism had been omitted, and the law stated without Gothicism, as ethics, and with that scope for ascension of state which the nature of things requires.
From Representative Men by Ralph Waldo Emerson
At such a moment it was matter for little surprise that ardent young intellects should go back for inspiration to the Gothicism of Giotto and the early painters.
From Recollections of Dante Gabriel Rossetti by Sir Hall Caine
Accordingly we find, on turning to "The Castle of Otranto," that, just as Walpole's Gothicism was an accidental "sport" from his general virtuosity; so his romanticism was a casual outgrowth of his architectural amusements.
From A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century by Henry A. (Henry Augustin) Beers
When the change came, it evinced that same blending of naturalism and Gothicism which defined the incipient romantic movement of the previous century.
From A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century by Henry A. (Henry Augustin) Beers
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