literary taste

collocation in English

meaningsofliteraryandtaste

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literary
adjective
uk
/ˈlɪt.ər.ər.i/us
/ˈlɪt̬.ə.rer.i/
relating to literature (= written artistic works, especially those with a high and lasting ...
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taste
noun
uk
/teɪst/us
/teɪst/
the flavour of something, or the ability of a person or animal to recognize ...
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(Definition ofliteraryandtastefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofliterary taste

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Sutermeister here displays remarkable powers of orchestration, a real gift for the dramatic moment, and a high degree ofliterarytaste.
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To those cognoscenti willing to ignore the boundaries of genre, it could have appeared to be in the mainstream of modernliterarytaste.
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He was also distinguished by hisliterarytaste.
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Hisliterarytasteis evident in the texts he set to music.
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He was a man of entirely domestic habits, of quiet temperament and fineliterarytaste.
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It aims at strengthening the relation between children and the books and developing their artistic andliterarytaste.
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Hisliterarytastewas evident from an early age, showing a great concern in learning so, he read everything that fell into his hands.
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He has skilfully manifested his ownliterarytaste, social consciousness and creative outlooks not only through his writing but also through the plays written by others.
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He had markedliterarytaste, was fond of music, a lover of nature and of art, was possessed of fine feeling, and many engaging manly qualities.
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In terms of prosody it stands in direct contrast to plain language and its use is sometimes regarded, by current standards ofliterarytaste, as overblown and exaggerated.
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He wrote secular poetry ranging from philosophical odas to the grandeur of nature to unpretencious folksy songs, which widely influenced theliterarytasteof the nation, and won extreme popularity.
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