🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

autorisme

Pronunciation / Transliteration: /o.tɔ.ʁism/

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Authorism/ˈɔː.θəˌrɪz.əm/
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Ce texte regorge d'autorismes caractéristiques de son style."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A distinctive linguistic or stylistic feature characteristic of a particular author's writing.

    "The novel is filled with subtle authorisms that immediately give away its nineteenth-century origin."
  2. 2

    An ideological stance or critical approach that emphasizes the supreme authority, intention, or presence of the author in literary interpretation.

    "Modern literary theory often critiques traditional authorism in favor of reader-response criticism."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'auctor' (originator, promoter, or author) via Middle English, combined with the suffix '-ism' denoting a practice, system, or distinctive characteristic. It emerged in literary and critical theory contexts to describe stylistic quirks, authorial presence, or the doctrines associated with a specific writer.

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