spectacularism

English

Etymology

From spectacular +‎ -ism.

Noun

spectacularism (countable and uncountable, plural spectacularisms)

1. The quality of being spectacular.
   • 1988 April 1, Adam Langer, “Show Business”, in Chicago Reader‎^[1]:

     Part of the spectacularism is all the glory the client gets for what we do.

2. (uncommon) A dramatic act meant to create a spectacle.
   • 1917, Glenn Newton Merry, The Fundamentals of Public Speaking‎^[2]:

     But when he entered the halls of Congress and tried the same spectacularisms upon some of the thoughtful statesmen of the time he met with ridicule.