belletristic
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From belletrist + -ic.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]belletristic (comparative more belletristic, superlative most belletristic)
- Of, pertaining to, or having the characteristics of belles-lettres.
- 1986, Aizawa Seishisai (Translated by Bob Tadashi Wakabayashi), Anti-Foreignism and Western Learning in Early-Modern Japan: The New Theses of 1825, Harvard University Press, page 169:
- […] if they do not owe their allegiance to shamanism or Buddhism, then most surely they commit themselves to some perverse form of Confucianism or belletristic foolishness.
- 2002, Joseph O'Connor, Star of the Sea, Vintage, published 2003, page 229:
- The guest list was a roll call of belletristic London.
- 1986, Aizawa Seishisai (Translated by Bob Tadashi Wakabayashi), Anti-Foreignism and Western Learning in Early-Modern Japan: The New Theses of 1825, Harvard University Press, page 169:
- Written or appreciated for aesthetic value rather than content
- 1992, Isaac Bashevis Singer (Translated by Leonard Wolf), The Certificate, Farrar Straus Giroux, page 1:
- I had already concluded that not one of my writings was publishable, having myself analyzed the faults of my belletristic production.
- 1992, Isaac Bashevis Singer (Translated by Leonard Wolf), The Certificate, Farrar Straus Giroux, page 1:
Derived terms
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[edit]Translations
[edit]pertaining to belles-lettres
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