Dictionary
ve•ris•mo
Pronunciation: (vu-riz'mō; It.ve-rēz'mô), [key]—
n.
the use of everyday life and actions in artistic works: introduced into opera in the early 1900s in reaction to contemporary conventions, which were seen as artificial and untruthful.
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