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lyricism

[lir-uh-siz-uhm]

noun

  1. lyric character or style, as in poetry.

  2. lyric feeling; enthusiasm, especially when unrestrained or exaggerated.



lyricism

/ ˈɪɪˌɪə /

noun

  1. the quality or style of lyric poetry

  2. emotional or enthusiastic outpouring

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • nonlyricism noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of lyricism1

First recorded in 1750–60; lyric + -ism
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Throughout the album, the crooner leans into his poetic lyricism, which shines brightest in twinkling love tracks like “Milagro” and “Segundo Amor.”

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It wasn’t until “brat,” her fifth studio album, that her poignant lyricism and experimental sonics began to click with the general population.

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Backed by an eerie beat, the track revisits their promiscuous, party lifestyle with hedonistic lyricism.

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His is a movie that brims with lyricism instead, and hangs on its threadbare plot these many poetic dichotomies.

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This flowed into the rhapsodic lyricism of late Schubert, his substantial Fantasia in F Minor.

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