"logopoeia" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: Coined by Ezra Pound from Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos, “speech, discourse, story, study, word, reason”) and Ancient Greek ποίησις (poíēsis, “poetry”) in a 1918 review of the Others poetry anthology. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|λόγος||speech, discourse, story, study, word, reason}} Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos, “speech, discourse, story, study, word, reason”), {{uder|en|grc|ποίησις||poetry}} Ancient Greek ποίησις (poíēsis, “poetry”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} logopoeia (uncountable)
  1. One of Ezra Pound's three kinds of poetry, consisting of the use of words for more than their denotation, taking advantage of the context associated with a word. Wikipedia link: Ezra Pound, Ezra Pound's Three Kinds of Poetry Tags: uncountable

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