Stylistic means to do with the manner in which something is done. A stylistic choice.
It separates how a thing is said from what it says, which is the whole basis of criticism. A stylistic difference between two writers is often larger than any difference in subject.
1adjectivestylisticTo do with the manner in which something is done.
“The whole argument was stylistic and nobody disagreed on the facts.”
stylistic is a quality.
Proto-Indo-European
*(s)teyg- — to be sharp; to pierce, prick, puncture, stab; to goad
Latin
stilus — pointed instrument; writing tool; composition; characteristic mode of expression; stem of a plant
Medieval Latin
stylus
Old French
estile
Middle English
stile — writing tool; piece of written work; characteristic mode of expression; demeanour; person's designation or title; stem of a plant; period of time
English
style
English, today
stylistic
Built from
From style + -istic. style The noun is derived from Middle English stile (“writing tool; piece of written work; characteristic mode of expression; demeanour; person's designation or title; stem of a plant; period of time”) (compare semantic development to по́черк (“handwriting, style”)), from Old French estile, or from Medieval Latin stylus, both from Latin stilus (“pointed instrument; writing tool; composition; characteristic mode of expression; stem of a plant”), from Proto-Indo-European (s)teyg- (“to be sharp; to pierce, prick, puncture, stab; to goad”). a doublet of stylus. The verb is derived from the noun. 2
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