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GONGORISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Gongorism mean? 

GONGORISM (noun)
  The noun GONGORISM has 1 sense:

1. an affected elegance of style that was introduced into Spanish literature by the poet Gongoraplay

  Familiarity information: GONGORISM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GONGORISM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An affected elegance of style that was introduced into Spanish literature by the poet Gongora

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Gongorism" is a kind of...):

euphuism (any artificially elegant style of language)


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