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lyricism

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English

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Etymology

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From lyric +‎ -ism.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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lyricism (countable and uncountable, plural lyricisms)

  1. Great enthusiasm.
  2. The emotional style of lyric poetry.
  3. Suitability to be sung or used as lyrics.
    • 2019 June 8, Kitty Empire, “Madonna: Madame X review – a splendidly bizarre return to form”, in The Guardian[1]:
      This is an album whose most memorable songs are definitely its strangest. Most ambitious of all perhaps is Dark Ballet, a long concept-song about Joan of Arc in which the lyricism of the piano lines startles. Madonna herself is heavily Auto-tuned, mumbling stuff about being a witch; she seems to blow on the flames of a pyre.