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Byronism

noun
By·ron·ism | \ˈbīrəˌnizəm\
plural -s

Definition of Byronism 

: the characteristics of the poet Byron or his writings he's got a streak of his father's Byronism— John Galsworthy

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History and Etymology for Byronism

Lord Byron + English -ism

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