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imagism

/ˈɪmɪd͡ʒɪzəm/noun

imagism is spelled I-M-A-G-I-S-M: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 40 million words in written English, the 194,306th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, imagism means “A form of poetry utilising precise imagery and clear language” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of imagism is imagisms.

How many letters and syllables are in imagism?

Letters7: I-M-A-G-I-S-M
In writingabout once in every 40 million words; the 194,306th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is imagism?

Imagism appears about once in every 40 million words in written English, the 194,306th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce imagism?

  • /ˈɪmɪd͡ʒɪzəm/

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Forms of imagism

  • imagisms plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does imagism mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    A form of poetry utilising precise imagery and clear language.

  2. 2

    The theory that thinking is based on the formation of images in the mind.

noun

as Imagism
  1. 1

    Alternative form of imagism.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Where does imagism come from?

From image + -ism.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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