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objectism

The English word “objectism” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

  1. An approach to poetry in which the poet is regarded as just one object among the other objects in existence, rather than a subject through which they are mediated.

Etymology

From object + -ism, coined by the poet Charles Olson.

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