unanimism
(juːˈnænɪmɪz(ə)m)
Also ‖ unanimisme (ynanimism).
[ad. F. unanimisme, f. unanime unanimous + -isme -ism.]
A French poetic movement of the early twentieth century which emphasized the submersion of the poet in the group consciousness and which was characterized by simple diction, absence of rhyme, and strongly accented rhythms.
| 1931 [see populism b]. 1936 Times Lit. Suppl. 7 Mar. 197/3 But Mr. Buchanan is not indulging in the fallacies of unanimisme. 1959 Oxf. Compan. French Lit. 724/1 Unanimisme, a 20th-century poetic movement which owes much to the Whitmanesque doctrine of universal brotherhood as well as to more modern psycho-philosophical theories of group emotion. 1964 Listener 27 Aug. 315/2 This man [sc. Apollinaire]..under the banner of Unanimism..had loudly and proudly identified himself with everything quick and living. 1971 J. Willett in A. Bullock Twentieth Century x. 235/2 Jules Romains, whose faith in the anonymous mass..inspired his short-lived doctrine of Unanimism. |
¶ unaˈnism, ‖ unanisme.
| 1919 W. B. Yeats If I were Four-&-Twenty (1940) ii. 4 There has been a development in various forms of literature—in French ‘unanisme’ for instance—towards the expression..of an emotional agreement with some historical or local group. 1958 Times Lit. Suppl. 4 July 383/1 A study..of unanism in the plays of Jules Romains. |