effectivismn.
/ᵻˈfɛktᵻvɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /əˈfɛktəˌvɪz(ə)m/, /iˈfɛktəˌvɪz(ə)m/ Now rare.
= effectism n.
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1892 Harper's Mag. Nov. 960/1 No desire for startling effectivism ever disturbed the calm serenity of his style.
1897 Scribner's Mag. Apr. 485/1 I want your play to be thoroughly honest and true from beginning to end, and not to have any sort of catchpenny effectivism in it.
1908 H. M. Alden Mag. Writing & New Lit. x. 242 There will always be writers..who will prefer effectivism to reality, appealing to the crude tastes and unwholesome appetites of the less thoughtful reader.
1951 G. C. Knight Crit. Period Amer. Lit. iii. 47 His denunciation of effectivism, his repeated demands that fiction should limit itself to picturing the ordinary and characteristic,..aroused only amused comment.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1892- to hear oneself think
- to hear out
- to hear rather
- to hear record
- to hear say
- to hear the last call
- to hear the retreat
- to hear to
- to hear told
- to hear voices
- to hear, read, speak, talk wonders
- to heart
- to hearten on
- to hearten up
- to heave a-peak
- to heave and set
- to heave apeak
- to heave at maw
- to heave at the capstan
- to heave in stays
- to heave one's leg
- to heave out
- to heave short
- to heave taut
- to heave the gorge