Georgianism
(ˈdʒɔːdʒɪənɪz(ə)m)
[f. Georgian a.1 + -ism.]
The qualities or characteristics of Georgian architecture, poetry, etc.
| 1914 R. Brooke Let. 6 July (1968) 597 Marsh has got Georgianism on the brain, & will shortly issue a series of Georgian poker-work. 1929 Daily Tel. 15 Jan. 9/2 (caption) The best traditions of Georgianism inspire this most modern of..dining-rooms. 1933 Scrutiny Dec. 300 It isn't the wordy debility of Georgianism that needs reacting against to-day. 1954 Essays & Studies VII. 83 ‘Georgianism’ has for some time now been a term of implicit rebuke. 1970 English Studies LI. 271 That most fitting showpiece of Central Georgianism, his ‘Weekend’ sequence. |