Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The character or quality of subjectivity and sensuality of expression, especially in the arts.
- noun The quality or state of being melodious; melodiousness.
- noun An intense outpouring of exuberant emotion.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A lyrical composition.
- noun A lyrical utterance or mode of expression.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A lyric composition.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Great
enthusiasm . - noun Suitability to be sung or used as
lyrics .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the property of being suitable for singing
- noun unrestrained and exaggerated enthusiasm
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Examples
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On the other end, there's the opening movement of Faschingsschwank aus Wien, where the lyricism is always being interrupted by a boisterous beer-hall ritornello: Florestan suddenly showing up to shake Eusebius out of his reverie and drag him back to the party.
Archive 2006-09-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2006
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On the other end, there's the opening movement of Faschingsschwank aus Wien, where the lyricism is always being interrupted by a boisterous beer-hall ritornello: Florestan suddenly showing up to shake Eusebius out of his reverie and drag him back to the party.
Been there, done that Matthew Guerrieri 2006
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But then, I am notably lacking in lyricism, myself.
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Can one fail to see that lyricism is the diametric opposite to the cult of strength and power and, in an utterly natural manner, offers itself as a corrective to our tendency to resolve society's problems by forcible means and through power struggles, through technological, financial, organizational, political, and physical power - power that, in any case, is ultimately merely a product of incomplete insight («ein Produkt unvollständiger Einsicht»)?
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All that's left is a pained lyricism, which is sometimes brilliant, but can also feel so self-regarding and wet.
New Statesman Antonia Quirke 2010
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All that's left is a pained lyricism, which is sometimes brilliant, but can also feel so self-regarding and wet.
New Statesman Antonia Quirke 2010
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He does frequently employ the declarative mode, but this approach also prompts Kerouac to long, cumulative sentences that invoke a kind of lyricism:
Style in Fiction 2009
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He does frequently employ the declarative mode, but this approach also prompts Kerouac to long, cumulative sentences that invoke a kind of lyricism:
October 2009 2009
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He does frequently employ the declarative mode, but this approach also prompts Kerouac to long, cumulative sentences that invoke a kind of lyricism:
Kerouac the Writer 2009
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It wasn't just the overheated, nonsensical "lyricism," which vito_excalibur mentions here.
SeeLight: 2008
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