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Recent Examples of belletrist
The philologists, unlike the belletrists, were methodical and systematic, and given to expounding those methods and systems in lengthy treatises.
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Evan Kindley, The New York Review of Books, 16 Feb. 2023
Harrison is almost the textbook example of a belletrist—someone who writes essays more for their aesthetic effect than anything else.
—Bill Heavey, WSJ, 16 Sep. 2022
Locke the glossy belletrist gave way to Locke the fellow-traveller, Locke the savvy champion of proletarian realism.
—Tobi Haslett, The New Yorker, 11 May 2018
Evan Kindley, The New York Review of Books, 16 Feb. 2023
Harrison is almost the textbook example of a belletrist—someone who writes essays more for their aesthetic effect than anything else.
—Bill Heavey, WSJ, 16 Sep. 2022
Locke the glossy belletrist gave way to Locke the fellow-traveller, Locke the savvy champion of proletarian realism.
—Tobi Haslett, The New Yorker, 11 May 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for belletrist
Noun
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Over the years, writers from around the world have tried their hands at using soccer as a backdrop for memorable fiction.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 June 2026
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Staff writer Jeff Horseman contributed to this report.—
Kaitlyn Schallhorn,
Oc Register,
10 June 2026
Noun
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Reflecting this, in 1726’s Gulliver’s Travels, the Irish litterateur Jonathan Swift satirized early scientists as buffoons.—
Thomas Moynihan,
Big Think,
7 Mar. 2025
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The book was first published anonymously, and its authorship is consequently uncertain, though usually attributed to a minor poet and litterateur named Wu Cheng’en.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
3 Mar. 2021
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But Fleming leaps past other wry wordsmiths with his constant, unrelenting effort to wring every last drop of laughter out of every single premise.—
John Roy,
Vulture,
19 Feb. 2026
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An outstanding producer and a clever wordsmith.—
Victoria Uwumarogie,
Essence,
27 Jan. 2026
Noun
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To bring the concept to life, Zegna relocated a large team from Italy, including tailors, stylists, brand ambassadors and creative staff.—
Ryma Chikhoune,
Footwear News,
8 June 2026
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The dress was one of six custom outfits assembled for the tour by longtime stylist Law Roach, who also collaborated with Grande on her Sweetener Tour.—
Daisy Maldonado,
InStyle,
8 June 2026
Noun
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Meanwhile, the teens framed for Josette’s murder spent some 45 years, combined, in maximum pens.—
Paul Solotaroff,
Rolling Stone,
9 June 2026
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The grip is particularly helpful for those learning to write or having trouble holding thinner pens and pencils.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
8 June 2026
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Beatty’s biographer, Peter Biskind, also famously estimated that the number of women Beatty had slept with could be as high as 12,275.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
12 June 2026
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Royal biographer Caroline Hallemann explained how the women’s first meeting in 1961 went down.—
Rachel Burchfield,
InStyle,
11 June 2026
Noun
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The auteur, of course, has written and directed several classic films, beginning with Reservoir Dogs in 1992.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
3 June 2026
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In the decade since her public coming-out as a trans woman — after years spent as a reclusive auteur around whom basic physical evidence barely existed — Wachowski has done a bit more to put herself in a public spotlight.—
Nick Newman,
IndieWire,
1 June 2026
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Miley admires the Shakes enough to have invited their Sound & Color engineer, Shawn Everett, to join Something Beautiful’s production crew (also present: Cyrus’s punk-rock significant other, Maxx Morando; pop penman Michael Pollack; and members of indie-rock acts Foxygen and Alvvays).—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
3 June 2025
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Its design by Leonardo Fioravanti, the prolific penman who created, among other Ferrari masterpieces, the Dino and 308 GTB, was an instant hit.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
28 Nov. 2023
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“Belletrist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/belletrist. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.
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