Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lettrism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: let-trism
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A French avant-garde art and literary movement established in the mid-1940s, owing inspiration to Dada and surrealism.

name

Alternative letter-case form of Lettrism.

Example Sentences

"So if lettrism, like Dada, came out of a reaction against a world war, Lettrism did not remain a protest . . . [but became] an exaltation of permanently renewed arts, philosophy, scientific knowledge, technology; […]"
"Isou's lettrism was the Wagnerian Gesamtkunstwerk in the grip of decomposition, a project for the total destruction of art, that is, a project of total art, another avatar of what Mallarmé ironically referred to as the Book, […]"

Etymology

From French Lettrisme, ultimately from lettre (“letter”).

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: Lettrisme

Inflected Forms

Letterism (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

situationism

Questions

What does lettrism mean?: A French avant-garde art and literary movement established in the mid-1940s, owing inspiration to Dada and surrealism.
Where does lettrism come from?: It is traced to French.

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