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Definition of Essayistic
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Essayistic
Literary usage of Essayistic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"... systematic, quantitative, "scientistic" orientations are still in combat with
intuitive, impressionistic, moralistic, essayistic brands of scholarship. ..."
2. Edward Bulwer, First Baron Lytton of Knebworth: A Social, Personal, and by Thomas Hay Sweet Escott (1910)
"The essayistic variations on the matrimonial theme in which it abounds may well
convey a notion of the writer's having ..."
3. History and Repository of Pulpit Eloquence, (deceased Divines,) Containing by Henry Clay Fish (1856)
"... the English preachers are evidently inclining toward 'lie unnatural composure
and essayistic style of a former age. But yet »'lio can contemplate with ..."
4. The Urban Condition: space, community, and self in the contemporary metropolis by Ghent Urban Studies Team (1999)
"A case in point is Jonathan Raban in his essayistic bestseller Soft City, where
the argument is put forward that cities are “plastic by nature. ..."
5. The Future of Privacy by Perri 6 (1998)
"However, there are clear differences in any kind of news and current affairs,
documentary, comment or essayistic reportage between the accurate and ..."
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