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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
lyricism
noun
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▪ Before he died from cancer in 1991, he had produced a mammoth body of beautiful work steeped in lyricism and romanticism.
▪ Biscoe is a saxophone virtuoso of great lyricism, passion, stamina, and considerable versatility.
▪ Bruno Bartoletti drew a skilled, nuanced performance from the Lyric orchestra, artfully balancing the harshness and lyricism of the score.
▪ Despite its subject, Menzel adopts an apparently incongruous lyricism and humanity, and a delicate and underplayed comedy.
▪ Her prose has always relied on a certain musicality and lyricism to seduce and keep us spellbound.
▪ It is a film whose grace and lyricism have earned it the status of classic: something of real greatness.
▪ Odd that the plucky, nervous goose has generated so much humor and lyricism 128 over the years.
▪ There is a more humble and positive value attached to Morrissey's lyricism.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lyricism

Lyricism \Lyr"i*cism\, n. A lyric composition.
--Gray.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
lyricism

1760, from lyric + -ism.

Wiktionary
lyricism

n. 1 Great enthusiasm. 2 Suitability to be sung or used as lyrics.

WordNet
lyricism

  1. n. the property of being suitable for singing [syn: lyricality, songfulness]

  2. unrestrained and exaggerated enthusiasm

Wikipedia
Lyricism

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I find in my poetry and prose the rhythms and imagery of the best - I mean, when I'm at my best - of the good Southern black preachers. The lyricism of the spirituals and the directness of gospel songs and the mystery of blues are in my music or in my poetry and prose, or I missed everything. - Maya Angelou

Lyricism is a quality that expresses deep feelings or emotions in an inspired work of art.

Usage examples of "lyricism".

Ballard fashions an affectless, yet strangely compelling, lyricism from our industrial and information-media leftovers.

Her hair was long and blond, There was a fluidity to her walk, a lyricism -to her talk.

The intensity, the lyricism, the romanticism of love in these last two cases has struck some readers as impermissibly old-fashioned.

He exulted in the pyrotechnical complexities of Berlioz and Wagner, the rich orchestrations of Brahms and Rachmaninoff, the lyricism of Dvorak and Mendelssohn, the tonal adventurism of Ravel and Debussy, and fused them into a style all his own.

Dreams of the Compass Rose has a similar stately lyricism, a compelling and visionary voice that speaks to the heart of the reader.

He thought of his recent Ode to Antares, which, unlike his earlier productions, was written in vers libre and had a strong modernistic irony mingled with its planturous lyricism.