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ultraism|ˈʌltrəɪz(ə)m|
[f. ultra a. + -ism. So Sw. ultraism, G. ultraismus. Cf. F. ultracisme.]
The principles or tenets of one who holds extreme opinions on any question; the fact of holding such opinions.
1821H. More in Roberts Mem. (1835) IV. 178, I think there is ultraism on both sides of the question. 1842G. S. Faber Prov. Lett. (1844) II. 116 The Ultraism of those, who..would fain establish a bundle of Unscripturalities as the catholic doctrine of the primitive Church. 1880O. Johnson W. L. Garrison 32 How foolish to throw away all chances of doing any good by such ultraism!
b. An instance of this.
1824Medwin Convers. Byron II. 5 To the great horror of the former, she soon sported her Ultraisms. 1857O. A. Brownson Convert Wks. 1882–7 V. 46 My alleged Ultraisms and tendency to run to extremes. 1865J. H. Newman in Ward Life (1912) xxiii. II. 102, I abominate the fierce tyranny which..calls to account everyone who ventures to keep clear of ultra-isms.
Add:2. Lit. With cap. initial. [ad. Sp. ultraísmo.] A Spanish and Spanish-American expressionist movement founded in 1918 and characterized by the rejection of traditional literary forms in favour of free verse and radical imagery. Also transf., any unconventional artistic style or method.
1932H. A. Holmes Spanish Amer. in Song & Story 54 He continued..the campaign in favor of Ultraism. 1934G. D. Craig Modernist Trend Spanish-Amer. Poetry i. 23 Ultraism emerged as a definite cult in 1919, and its principles as expounded by Torres in his Literaturas europeas de vanguardia (Madrid 1926) show certain points of resemblance to Italian Futurism. 1959Times Lit. Suppl. 16 Oct. 596/1 Ultraism, which also has French roots, arose in America and spread to Spain. 1977J. A. Cuddon Dict. Lit. Terms 713 Ultraism is particularly noticeable in the Theatre of the Absurd. 1982N.Y. Times 2 Oct. 17/2 A leading exponent of Ultraism, a form of Spanish expressionism. |