VERISMO


Meaning of VERISMO in English

/veuh riz"moh/ ; It. /ve rddeez"maw/ , 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.

[ 1905-10; ver ( o ) true ( verus ) + -ismo -ISM ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .