spectacularism

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noun

The quality of being spectacular.

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Meanings

nounspectacularism (countable and uncountable, plural spectacularisms)

plural spectacularisms

  1. countableuncountableThe 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. countableuncommonuncountableA 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

Origin

From spectacular + -ism.

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APA

spectacularism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spectacularism

MLA

“spectacularism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spectacularism. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spectacularism,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spectacularism.

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