verism
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Etymology
Noun
verism (countable and uncountable, plural verisms)
- (art, literature) Presenting common, everyday subjects, specifically eschewing the heroic or legendary.
- 2007, Andrew Shanken, “The Sublime "Jackass"”, in Places, volume 19:
- In place of the high polish and artifice of, say, Friday the 13th, there is a rougher verism [in Jackass].
- (art) Synonym of verismo (“19th-century art movement”)
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Etymology
Noun
verism n (uncountable)
Declension
declension of verism (singular only)
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