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im·ag·ism (im′ə jiz′əm)

noun

a movement in modern poetry (c. 1909-17), characterized by the use of precise, concrete images, free verse, and suggestion rather than complete statement

Etymology: after Des Imagistes, title of the first anthology of imagist poetry (1913)

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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