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1. An esoteric style of writing that attempted to elevate poetic language and themes by re-Latinizing them, using classical allusions, vocabulary, syntax, and word order.
   "His comparisons of the modern decadent style with the culteranismo of an earlier epoch, whose excesses had led to satiric reactions and a more sober style, are very revealing.";
   - Gongorismo

Type of: literary movement

Encyclopedia: Culteranismo