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aphoristicness en · NOUN

Etymology

From aphoristic + -ness.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The state, quality, or condition of being aphoristic
    • [ But ] Tsvetaeva was a poet very much of this world, concrete, surpassing the Acmeists in precision of detail, and in aphoristicness and sarcasm surpassing everybody . More like that of a bird than an angel, her voice always knew[…] 1998, Alyssa Wendy Dinega, Exorcising the Beloved: Problems of Gender and Selfhood in Marina Tsvetaeva's Myths of Poetic Genius:
    • Meditation and aphoristicness, despite their opposite qualities, are able to embody wisdom; 60, although they are unlike each other, they are doubles . The poetics of the new quatrains continue those poetics which were[…] 1990, Wendy Rosslyn, The Speech of Unknown Eyes: Akhmatova's Readers on Her Poetry:
    • On the contrary: Tsvetaeva was a poet very much of this world, concrete, surpassing the Acmeists in precision of detail, and in aphoristicness and sarcasm surpassing everybody. More like that of a bird than an angel, her voice always[…] 2011 November 3, Joseph Brodsky, Less Than One: Selected Essays, Penguin UK, →ISBN:

Synonyms

aphoristicity

Translations (1)

pl aforystyczność (Translations)