Lyrism meaning

lĭr'ĭz'əm
Lyricism.
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The act of playing on a lyre.
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The act of playing on a lyre or harp.

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Origin of lyrism

French lyrisme from Greek lurismos act of playing on the lyre from lura lyre

Sentence Examples

  • His lyrism is vigorous, feeling, austere and almost entirely subjective and personal, while his pamphlets are distinguished by energy of conviction, strength of affirmation, and contempt for weaker and more ignorant opponents.

  • No other German poet has succeeded in attuning feeling, sentiment and thought so perfectly to the music of words as he; none has expressed so fully that spirituality in which the quintessence of German lyrism lies.

  • Nor can he equal the sublime lyrism of his model; but he is little inferior in poetic conception, in dignified idealization, and in picturesque imagery.

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