belletristic

== English == === Etymology === From belletrist +‎ -ic. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /bɛl.lɛˈtɹɪs.tɪk/ === Adjective === belletristic (comparative more belletristic, superlative most belletristic) Of, pertaining to, or having the characteristics of belles-lettres. 1986, Aizawa Seishisai (Translated by Bob Tadashi Wakabayashi), Anti-Foreignism and Western Learning in Early-Modern Japan: The New Theses of 1825, Harvard University Press, page 169: […] if they do not owe their allegiance to shamanism or Buddhism, then most surely they commit themselves to some perverse form of Confucianism or belletristic foolishness. Written or appreciated for aesthetic value rather than content 1992, Isaac Bashevis Singer (Translated by Leonard Wolf), The Certificate, Farrar Straus Giroux, page 1: I had already concluded that not one of my writings was publishable, having myself analyzed the faults of my belletristic production. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== belletrist ==== Translations ====