verism
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 11
- Words With Friends
- 13
- Letters
- 6
Definition of verism
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(countable, uncountable)Presenting common, everyday subjects, specifically eschewing the heroic or legendary.
“In place of the high polish and artifice of, say, Friday the 13th, there is a rougher verism [in Jackass].”
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noun
-
(countable, uncountable)Presenting common, everyday subjects, specifically eschewing the heroic or legendary.
“In place of the high polish and artifice of, say, Friday the 13th, there is a rougher verism [in Jackass].”
- (countable, uncountable)Synonym of verismo (“19th-century art movement”).
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Latin vērus (“true”) + -ism.
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