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lyricism
/ ˈlɪrɪˌsɪzəm /
noun
- the quality or style of lyric poetry
- emotional or enthusiastic outpouring
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- non·lyri·cism noun
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Example Sentences
Cantonese, with its individual characters, also forces rappers to adopt a staccato lyricism.
His music bled menace and lust, but also tenderness and vulnerability and an overpowering romantic lyricism.
For sheer lyricism, that single shot is hard to beat—a one-man answer to the home-foreclosures crisis.
Lyricism in France is a new faculty; I believe that the education of the Jesuits has been a considerable misfortune to letters.
His descriptive lyricism, instead of imparting a grandeur to his subject, diminishes it; instead of refining it, renders it petty.
Phrases of an apparent intensity and lyricism are negated by frivolous and tinkling passage-work.
But the fact remains that there is no such thing as dramatic poetry, for the essence of all poetry is its lyricism.
With a lyricism that is as convincing as it is authentic, you feel that there is a certain underlying spirit of resignation.
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