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imagistic

  • a word derived from imagism.
    imagism
    noun
    a theory or practice of a group of poets in England and America between 1909 and 1917 who believed that poetry should employ the language of common speech, create new rhythms, have complete freedom in subject matter, and present a clear, concentrated, and precise image.

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The vertical integration of the lighting, the merch, how those imagistic components correlate to the music.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2026

But his artistic lexicon, which from the beginning was material- and process-oriented, has become gradually more imagistic.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 3, 2021

The collection may challenge readers with its leaps between imagistic, short lyrics and interruptive, surreal narratives — variations that no doubt echo neuro-fluctuations.

From New York Times ● Sep. 17, 2019

Her work shared some of the imagistic, cosmopolitan qualities of the prominent Misty Poets circle, which included such figures as Bei Dao and Haizi.

From The New Yorker ● Apr. 30, 2019

In order, however, to emphasize the importance of imagination, by which he largely means the imagistic liveliness of the poet’s mind, he allows that the imagination is secondary only in didactic or ethical poetry.

From An Essay on the Lyric Poetry of the Ancients by Wallace Jackson