Meanings
nounbelletrism (uncountable)
- uncountableThe writing of belles-lettres.
Origin
- Frenchbelles-lettres
- Englishbelletrism
From French belles-lettres + -ism.
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Russian беллетри́зм
- беллетри́зм (belletrízm)Translations
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