Acmeism

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Etymology

From Russian акмеи́зм (akmeízm), from Ancient Greek.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈæk.miː.ɪz.əm/

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Acmeism (uncountable)

  1. A literary movement in early twentieth-century Russia, reacting against symbolism and concerned with greater immediacy in poetic language.
    • 2013, Jonathan Stone, “Acmeism”, in Historical Dictionary of Russian Literature, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 9:
      A manifestation of Russian modernism that comprised those who had “overcome” symbolism, acmeism represents a facet of 20th-century Russian literature without a direct predecessor in Europe.

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