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Meaning of "prosaism" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PROSAISM

prosaism  [prəʊˈzeɪɪzəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PROSAISM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Prosaism is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PROSAISM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of prosaism in the English dictionary

The definition of prosaism in the dictionary is prosaic quality or style. Other definition of prosaism is a prosaic expression, thought, etc.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PROSAISM


apotropaism
ˌæpəʊtrəˈpeɪɪzəm
attorneyism
əˈtɜːnɪɪzəm
boobyism
ˈbuːbɪɪzəm
bullyism
ˈbʊlɪɪzəm
dandyism
ˈdændɪɪzəm
dilettanteism
ˌdɪləˈtæntɪɪzəm
dowdyism
ˈdaʊdɪɪzəm
entryism
ˈɛntrɪɪzəm
fogyism
ˈfəʊɡɪɪzəm
hackneyism
ˈhæknɪɪzəm
lobbyism
ˈlɒbɪɪzəm
partyism
ˈpɑːtɪɪzəm
pococuranteism
ˌpəʊkəʊkjʊˈræntɪɪzəm
puppyism
ˈpʌpɪɪzəm
pygmyism
ˈpɪɡmɪɪzəm
rowdyism
ˈraʊdɪɪzəm
Tammanyism
ˈtæmənɪɪzəm
toadyism
ˈtəʊdɪɪzəm
Toryism
ˈtɔːrɪɪzəm
Yankeeism
ˈjæŋkɪɪzəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PROSAISM

pros
pros and cons
Pros. Atty.
prosaic
prosaically
prosaicalness
prosaicism
prosaicness
prosaist
prosateur
prosauropod
proscenia
proscenium
proscenium arch
prosciutto
proscribe
proscribed
proscriber
proscript
proscription

WORDS THAT END LIKE PROSAISM

archaism
Conservative Judaism
Dadaism
Hebraism
Judaism
karaism
Krishnaism
Lamaism
mahatmaism
Mazdaism
Mithraism
Orthodox Judaism
Pharisaism
pollyannaism
Reform Judaism
Shivaism
Sivaism
ultraism
Vedaism
voltaism

Synonyms and antonyms of prosaism in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «prosaism» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PROSAISM

Find out the translation of prosaism to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of prosaism from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «prosaism» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

散文化
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

prosaismo
570 millions of speakers

English

prosaism
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

prosaism
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

prosaism
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

прозаизм
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

prosaísmo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

prosaicness
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

prosaïsme
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Prosaicness
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

prosaism
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

単調さ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

prosaism
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Prosaicness
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tính tầm thường
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

prosaicness
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रॉस्सिसिनेस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

prosaicness
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

prosaism
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

prosaism
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

прозаїзм
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

prozasticii
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

καθημερινότητα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

prosaism
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

prosaism
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

prosaism
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of prosaism

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PROSAISM»

The term «prosaism» is barely ever used and occupies the 194.860 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PROSAISM» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «prosaism» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «prosaism» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about prosaism

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PROSAISM»

Discover the use of prosaism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to prosaism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Tomas de Iriarte
with any spirit, a severe, continuous, inexplorable polishing . . . put out those flames and the writer surprised himself at his own daring. The second reason or cause of Iriarte's prosaism is more a generic one and a common one of the period: ...
2
A poet's way with music: humanism in Jorge de Sena's poetry
Gastao Cruz refers to "this kind of prosaism" in Sena's poetry (although he is careful to point out that this fact alone does not invalidate the poems), and singles out as particularly noteworthy examples the poems "In Crete, with the Minotaur," ...
Francisco Cota Fagundes, 1988
3
William Wordsworth
... elusive, allusive, dense, symbolic and complex—the simplicity, frequent prosaism and apparent naïveté of much of William Wordsworth's poetry can make it difficult for many readers to appreciate much of it or to evaluate his achievement .
Harold Bloom, 2009
4
Ode to Twilight Thoughts: A Collection of Poems
This collection of poems which has taken me a few years to put together, compile and edit, with all the intricacies of neologism, prosaism, phonetism, truism, spiritualism and idealism, has in no small measure educated me, and has infused ...
Joan A. Iyoha, 2011
5
The life and works of Goethe: with sketches of his age and ...
It would be the merest British prosaism to suggest that in Voss the pastor drinks coffee, because coffee is habitually drunk in the parsonage ; while in Goethe, the characters drink wine, because they are in the Golden Lion, and Rhine wine, ...
George Henry Lewes, 1856
6
The Locus of Tragedy
I hope that no further elucidation is needed when I say that this sobriety and prosaism logically can be added to the earthly, provable, calculable, and in a certain sense technical, character of the modern poetics Hölderlin envisages. Heidegger ...
Arthur Cools, 2008
7
Poetics of the Gnostic Universe: Narrative And Cosmology in ...
9 Vygotsky (1971) provides the best analysis of this transformation of 'prosaism' of verbal material into a work of art through antinomies and the “movement of opposite feelings.” Another good example for this contrastive organization of ...
Zlatko Pleše, 2006
8
The First Hundred Years of Mikhail Bakhtin
Any cognitive moment that is not integrated or consummated will be sensed as a durnoi prozaism [a wretched prosaism] or a nerastvorennyi prozaism [an undissolved prosaism] (282, 285). These references to pros- iness are not marks of ...
Caryl Emerson, 2000
9
Lexicography: An Introduction
Chambers nests all derivatives; so prosaism and prosaist are both within the entry for prosaic, proscription is under proscribe, prosecution under prosecute, and so on. Similarly, the noun, verb and adjective uses ofprose, which have separate ...
Howard Jackson, 2013
10
A Selective Guide to Chinese Literature, 1900-1949: The Poem
... enhances his poetic quality. Besides, his colloquialism also goes hand in hand with prosaism which so blurs the boundary between prose and poetry that the lines of such poems as "Zuiren de hefeng" PA&WJB, (The intoxicating wind from  ...
Nils Göran David Malmqvist, European Science Foundation, 1989

7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PROSAISM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term prosaism is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Drifting Away
“The aches and pains melt away as I swim, the muscles smooth out, the noise in my head disappears,” he tells us repeatedly, though the prosaism of the prose ... «Brooklyn Rail, Jul 14»
2
Critics verdict: Watch Aiyya just for Rani
“Though the film is limited by cheesy dialogues and prosaism, it proves to be an entertainer and a definite treat for every Rani Mukerji fan,” says Sikka. Sharing. «PakistanToday.com.pk, Oct 12»
3
'Einstein's Dreams': Beyond the brain of the famous physicist
No ottomans or mini-sofas here, just no-nonsense school- or office-worthy perches, positioned beneath dangling light bulbs — but somehow, the very prosaism ... «Washington Post, Jun 11»
4
Serge Lutens Distills a Vitriol d'Oeillet to Assuage Anger & Angst …
... du poète" in French, is one of those Lutensian fragrances that come with a manifesto and a call to arms against the reigning order of stupidity and prosaism. «Mimi Froufrou, May 11»
5
End Of Play 2010: A Hip-Hop State Of The Art Report
... a world more dramatic and desperate than your own - but when that drama itself becomes a 2-d prosaism, just more post-watershed gun-play and witlessness, ... «The Quietus, Oct 10»
6
Chanel Les Exclusifs Eau de Cologne (2007): Recalling Exotic …
... vision of Chanel are themselves less reducible but at least one cannot be surprised to perceive blatant sensuality as well as an element of prosaism - a whiff of ... «Mimi Froufrou, May 10»
7
Book Review: The Cairo House by Samia Serageldin
... "chic" society to a mosaic of new-bourgeois, nouveau riche, and Islamists is recounted without the all too common dullness and prosaism of historical fiction. «Blogcritics.org, May 10»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Prosaism [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/prosaism>. May 2024 ».
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