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Meaning of Ultraism | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Radicalism or political extremism.
  2. A Spanish poetic movement opposed to modernism.

Equivalents

العربية التطرّف
Deutsch Ultraismus
Español ultraísmo
Français ultraïsme
Italiano ultraismo
Português ultraísmo

Examples

“We glory in such ultraism—the ultraism which says that “all men are created equal—[…]the ultraism which treats man as an intelligent and immortal being, and not as an article of merchandize and traffic—[…]”
“With all that tendency to ultraism said to prevail at present, it may be doubted whether evangelists might not even now be found who, though in health, would require no such license for such a liberty; […]”
“The eight young signers of this “Ultra manifesto” could not have known at the time how accurate and prescient their declaration was. Spanish ultraism, born as a movement with that document, would be distinguished, ironically, by its indiscriminate and eclectic borrowings from the other European vanguard tendencies.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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