cho|sis|me

cho|sis|me
cho|sis|me «sh ZEEZ muh», noun.
a form of literary realism current in the 1960's, especially in France, characterized by an emphasis on physical details, such as the exhaustive description or listing of a variety of objects.
[< French chosisme (literally) thingism < chose thing + -isme -ism]

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  • psy|cho|sis — «sy KOH sihs», noun, plural ses « seez». 1. any severe form of mental disturbance or disease which may also be associated with physical disease, and which produces deep and far reaching disruption of normal behavior and social functioning:… …   Useful english dictionary

  • spo|ro|tri|cho|sis — «SPR oh trih KOH sihs, SPOHR », noun. a fungous disease of horses, dogs, cats, and man, characterized by cutaneous lesions along the lymph vessels. ╂[< New Latin Sporotrichum the genus name (< Greek sporá spore + thríx, trichós hair)] …   Useful english dictionary

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