Meanings
plural lyricisms
- countableuncountableGreat enthusiasm.
- countableuncountableSuitability to be sung or used as lyrics.
1 more example
This is an album whose most memorable songs are definitely its strangest. Most ambitious of all perhaps is Dark Ballet, a long concept-song about Joan of Arc in which the lyricism of the piano lines startles. Madonna herself is heavily Auto-tuned, mumbling stuff about being a witch; she seems to blow on the flames of a pyre.
2019 June 8, Kitty Empire, “Madonna: Madame X review – a splendidly bizarre return to form”, in The Guardian
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe property of being suitable for singing
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Japanese 叙情, 抒情
- 叙情 (jojō)emotional style of lyric poetry
- 抒情 (jojō)emotional style of lyric poetry
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lyricism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lyricism
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