novelism

English

Etymology

From novel +‎ -ism.

Noun

novelism (countable and uncountable, plural novelisms)

  1. (uncountable, literature) The dominance of the novel as a literary form.
  2. (obsolete) novelty, innovation[1]

References

  1. ^ “novelism”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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