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spectacularism en · NOUN

Etymology

From spectacular + -ism.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The quality of being spectacular.
   • Part of the spectacularism is all the glory the client gets for what we do. 1988 April 1, Adam Langer, “Show Business”, in Chicago Reader:
2. (countable, uncommon, uncountable) A dramatic act meant to create a spectacle.
   • But when he entered the halls of Congress and tried the same spectacularisms upon some of the thoughtful statesmen of the time he met with ridicule. 1917, Glenn Newton Merry, The Fundamentals of Public Speaking:

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