Petrarchism

English

Etymology

From Petrarch +‎ -ism.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pɪˈtɹɑːkɪzəm/, enPR: pĭ-trärʹkĭ-zəm
• (US) IPA^(key): /pɛˈtɹɑɹkɪzəm/, /piˈtɹɑɹkɪzəm/, enPR: pĕ-trärʹkĭ-zəm, pē-trärʹkĭ-zəm
• Hyphenation: Pe‧trarch‧ism

Noun

Petrarchism (countable and uncountable, plural Petrarchisms)

1. (uncountable) The literary style of Petrarch.

   Synonym: Petrarchanism

2. (countable) Any literary work or passage written in this style.
   • 2015, Philip R. Hardie, The Oxford History of Classical Reception in English Literature:

     But, overall, Donne's poetry represents an epistemic break with the love clichés so overused by an earlier era; and the poet was often moved to use Platonic equatings of love, beauty, and goodness to breathe new life into old Petrarchisms.

Translations

Petrarch's literary style

• Catalan: petrarquisme m
• Dutch: petrarkisme n
• French: pétrarquisme (fr) m
• German: Petrarkismus (de) m
• Greek: πετραρχισμός (el) m (petrarchismós)
• Italian: petrarchismo (it) m
• Japanese: ペトラルカ主義 (Petoraruka-shugi)
• Polish: petrarkizm m
• Romanian: petrarchism n
• Russian: петрарки́зм m (petrarkízm)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: петраркѝзам m

  Roman: petrarkìzam (sh) m

• Slovene: petrarkizem m
• Spanish: petrarquismo m
• Swedish: petrarkism c
• Ukrainian: петраркі́зм m (petrarkízm)