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verism

[veer-iz-uhm, ver-]

noun

the theory that rigid representation of truth and reality is essential to art and literature, and therefore the ugly and vulgar must be included.

Origin:
1890–95; < Latin vēr(um) truth + -ism; compare verismo

Related forms

ver·ist, noun, adjective

ve·ris·tic, adjective

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verism (ˈvɪərɪzəm)

—n
	extreme naturalism in art or literature

[C19: from Italian verismo, from vero true, from Latin vērus]

'verist

—n, —*adj*

ve'ristic

—*adj*

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