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literaryism

noun
lit·​er·​ary·​ism | \ -rēˌizəm\
plural -s

Definition of literaryism

: an instance of or tendency to use excessive refinement of expression in written compositions every literaryism … fritters away a scrap of the reader's patience— Ezra Pound

First Known Use of literaryism

1879, in the meaning defined above

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