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imagist

Variant of imagism

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

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

Related Forms:

imagist noun, adjective
imagistic adjective

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