"Hungryalism" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: The word was derived from Geoffrey Chaucer's line "In The Sowre Hungry Tyme". Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} Hungryalism (uncountable)
  1. (historical) An experimental movement in arts and literature in West Bengal, India, during the period 1961-1965, claiming that India was in the grip of sarvagrass, meaning that its culture fed on all the morsels available to it from all over the world. Wikipedia link: Hungry generation Tags: historical, uncountable
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