melodicism

English

Etymology

From melodic +‎ -ism.

Noun

melodicism (uncountable)

  1. (music) A focus on the development of melody
    • 2000, Ted Gioia, “Cool Jazz and West Coast Jazz”, in Bill Kirchner, editor, Oxford Companion to Jazz‎[1], →ISBN, page 340:
      No sense of aloofness or distance diluted his warm melodicism.
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