confessionalism

plural confessionalisms

1. countableuncountablelifestyleA belief in the importance of full and unambiguous assent to the whole of a religious teaching.
2. countableuncountablegovernmentA system of government that proportionally distributes political and institutional power among religious and ethnic communities.
3. countableuncountablecommunicationsA style of American poetry that draws on the personal history of the poet.

   Her rendition of "Dry Land" from her first album, Back to the Night, was a poetic fusion of music and lyrics that achieved an intimate tone too often sacrificed to confessionalism by other singers.

   1977 April 23, Steve Blevins, “Armatrading: "Sit Back And See"”, in Gay Community News, page 11