Petrarchism

Petrarch +‎ -ism

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pɪˈtɹɑːkɪzəm/, enPR: pĭ-trärʹkĭ-zəm
• (US) IPA^(key): /pɛˈtɹɑɹkɪzəm/, /piˈtɹɑɹkɪzəm/, enPR: pĕ-trärʹkĭ-zəm, pē-trärʹkĭ-zəm
• Hyphenation: Pe‧trarch‧ism

Petrarchism (countable and uncountable, plural Petrarchisms)

1. (uncountable) The literary style of Petrarch.

   Synonym: Petrarchanism

2. (countable) Any literary work or passage written in this style.
   • 2015, Philip R. Hardie, The Oxford History of Classical Reception in English Literature:

     But, overall, Donne's poetry represents an epistemic break with the love clichés so overused by an earlier era; and the poet was often moved to use Platonic equatings of love, beauty, and goodness to breathe new life into old Petrarchisms.