Acmeism
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Acmeism was an early 20th-century Russian literary movement that emphasized clarity, craftsmanship, and concrete imagery in poetry as a reaction against Symbolism.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Acmeism canonical | 10 |
| Acmeist movement | 2 |
| Acmeist poets | 1 |
| Acmeist school | 1 |
| Russian Acmeism | 1 |
| Russian acmeism | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6322464 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Acmeism Context triple: [Maximilian Voloshin, movement, Acmeism]
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A.
Imagism
Imagism was an early 20th-century poetic movement that emphasized precise imagery, clear language, and economy of expression, strongly influencing the development of modernist poetry.
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B.
Imaginism
Imaginism was a short-lived early 20th-century Russian poetic movement, associated with figures like Sergei Yesenin, that emphasized vivid, striking imagery and emotional expressiveness.
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C.
Noucentisme
Noucentisme was an early 20th-century Catalan cultural and artistic movement that promoted classical order, civic values, and Mediterranean rationalism in reaction against the romanticism and ornamentation of Modernisme.
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D.
Precisionism
Precisionism was an early 20th-century American art movement characterized by sharply defined, geometric depictions of industrial and urban subjects.
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E.
Rayonism
Rayonism was an early 20th-century Russian avant-garde art movement that emphasized dynamic rays of light and abstract, intersecting lines to break away from traditional representational painting.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Acmeism Target entity description: Acmeism was an early 20th-century Russian literary movement that emphasized clarity, craftsmanship, and concrete imagery in poetry as a reaction against Symbolism.
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A.
Imagism
Imagism was an early 20th-century poetic movement that emphasized precise imagery, clear language, and economy of expression, strongly influencing the development of modernist poetry.
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B.
Imaginism
Imaginism was a short-lived early 20th-century Russian poetic movement, associated with figures like Sergei Yesenin, that emphasized vivid, striking imagery and emotional expressiveness.
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C.
Noucentisme
Noucentisme was an early 20th-century Catalan cultural and artistic movement that promoted classical order, civic values, and Mediterranean rationalism in reaction against the romanticism and ornamentation of Modernisme.
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D.
Precisionism
Precisionism was an early 20th-century American art movement characterized by sharply defined, geometric depictions of industrial and urban subjects.
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E.
Rayonism
Rayonism was an early 20th-century Russian avant-garde art movement that emphasized dynamic rays of light and abstract, intersecting lines to break away from traditional representational painting.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary movement
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poetic movement ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Adamism
ⓘ
Guild of Poets movement ⓘ
linked to:
Guild of Poets (Acmeists)
|
| associatedConcept |
cultural continuity with European tradition
ⓘ
neoclassicism in poetry ⓘ poetic discipline ⓘ |
| associatedOrganization |
Poets' Guild
ⓘ
linked to:
Guild of Poets (Acmeists)
|
| associatedPublication | Apollon magazine ⓘ |
| coFounder | Sergei Gorodetsky ⓘ |
| corePrinciple |
attention to form
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clarity of expression ⓘ concrete imagery ⓘ craftsmanship in verse ⓘ interest in earthly, tangible reality ⓘ precision of language ⓘ rejection of mysticism ⓘ rejection of vagueness ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Russia ⓘ |
| emphasis |
architectonic structure of the poem
ⓘ
exact word choice ⓘ visual and sensory detail ⓘ |
| endTime | 1920s ⓘ |
| founder |
Nikolai Gumilev
ⓘ
linked to:
Nikolay Gumilev
|
| genre | poetry ⓘ |
| hasKeyFigure |
Anna Akhmatova
ⓘ
Georgy Ivanov ⓘ Mikhail Kuzmin ⓘ Nikolai Gumilev ⓘ
linked to:
Nikolay Gumilev
Osip Mandelstam ⓘ Sergei Gorodetsky ⓘ Vladimir Narbut ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
post-1905 Russian literary scene
ⓘ
pre-revolutionary Russian culture ⓘ |
| inception |
1910s
ⓘ
circa 1912 ⓘ |
| influenced |
20th-century Russian poetry
ⓘ
Anna Akhmatova's early work ⓘ Osip Mandelstam's early work ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
European classicism
ⓘ
French Parnassian poetry ⓘ classical antiquity ⓘ |
| language | Russian ⓘ |
| literaryEra |
Silver Age of Russian poetry
ⓘ
linked to:
Russian Silver Age culture
|
| mainRegion | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| movementPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| opposedTo |
esoteric metaphysics in poetry
ⓘ
obscure symbolism ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Saint Petersburg
ⓘ
linked to:
St. Petersburg
|
| reactionAgainst |
Russian Symbolism
ⓘ
linked to:
Russian symbolism
Symbolism ⓘ |
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Subject: Acmeism Description of subject: Acmeism was an early 20th-century Russian literary movement that emphasized clarity, craftsmanship, and concrete imagery in poetry as a reaction against Symbolism.
Referenced by (16)
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