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Definition of: imagism
(im′ə·jiz′əm) noun
A movement in modern poetry, originating around 1910 and characterized by the use of precise, concrete images and freedom from convention in versification and form. [<F Des Imagistes, the title of the first anthology of imagist poetry]
—im′a·gist (-jist) noun
—im′a·gis′tic adjective
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