poeticism

[poh-et-uh-siz-uhm]

noun

1. a poetic expression that has become hackneyed, forced, or artificial.

Word History and Origins

Origin of poeticism¹

First recorded in 1840–50; poetic + -ism

Example Sentences

The film culminates in a rugged all-out brawl at a fight club, which is crosscut with Gaspar confronting Wan Ali in a fight that’s emblematic of the film’s existential poeticism.

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Onda returns again and again to a disjointed sort of poeticism that circles around the core idea by firing off questions and trying out slightly augmented versions of the same sentence, akin to stream-of-consciousness.

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“He’s bridging photography and modern art in a very different way,” said Ariel J. Kliegerman, a director at the Perrotin, who finds a poeticism in the new technique.

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In a bout of poeticism suited to its subject matter, "The Last of Us" has revivified the zombie for fans of serialized horror, attaching it to new origins rooted in biochemistry, a new temporal setting that reimagines the past 20 years as dystopic, and something not-so-new – the preoccupation of much of American zombie media with the dissolution of primarily white suburbs and cities.

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With its persistent beat and whooshes of melodrama, “Weightless” is a departure from the more muted sound she explored on her debut, “Collapsed in Sunbeams,” but the vivid lyrics still showcase her signature poeticism: “Cardamom and jade as your eyes screamed,” she sings, “on the night you showed your volcanic side.”

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