Acmeism
noun
Ac·me·ism
ˈak-mē-ˌi-zəm 
: a literary movement among Russian poets in the early 20th century that was characterized by a reaction against the vagueness of symbolism and by an emphasis on clarity
Acmeism, Futurism, and other movements flourished and then were silenced by the Stalin era.—
A. V. Knowles, Notes and Queries, March 1993
A. V. Knowles, Notes and Queries, March 1993
Acmeist
adjective
The Acmeist movement reacted against the refined and beautiful obscurities of Symbolism …
—Michael Collier, Baltimore Sun, 23 Feb. 2003
Michael Collier, Baltimore Sun, 23 Feb. 2003
Acmeist
noun
or less commonly acmeist
plural Acmeists also acmeists
The work of the major Acmeists began to appear in the Soviet Union only … in the 1960s …
—Bernice Glatzer Rosenthal, Nietzsche and Soviet Culture, 1994
Bernice Glatzer Rosenthal, Nietzsche and Soviet Culture, 1994
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