单词 | effectism |
释义 | effectismn. rare (chiefly with reference to W. D. Howells's literary criticism). The tendency to aim at literary effect. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [noun] affectation1548 affection1570 phantastry1656 stilt1735 fal-lal1775 coxcombality1785 meemaw1790 posture-making1797 attitudinarianism1803 attitudinizing1812 piminy1819 stiltishness1824 niminy-piminyism1840 gyvera1866 notion1866 attitudinization1871 effectism1871 jam1882 chichi1908 poncing1969 pseudery1972 1871 H. B. Forman Our Living Poets 472 Any flimsy effectism of plot. 1889 W. D. Howells in Harper's Mag. Nov. 964/1 The vice which has been very graphically called effectism, or the itch of awaking at all cost in the reader vivid and violent emotions. 1931 Eng. Jrnl. 20 364 Throwing out all imitation, all Byronic romance, all effectism, he [sc. Joaquin Miller] remains our very greatest singer of the mountains. 1991 J. H. Maguire in E. Elliott Columbia Hist. Amer. Novel 439 What works against Wister's better purposes is his effectism—that is, the attempt to awaken vivid and violent emotions in the reader without respect for the truth. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1871 |
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