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Noun: imagism  'i-mu,ji-zum
  1. A movement by American and English poets early in the 20th century in reaction to Victorian sentimentality; used common speech in free verse with clear concrete imagery
    "Ezra Pound was a key figure in the imagism movement"

Derived forms: imagisms

Type of: art movement, artistic movement

Encyclopedia: Imagism