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POETIC LICENSE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does poetic license mean?
• POETIC LICENSE (noun)
The noun POETIC LICENSE has 1 sense:
1. license used by a writer or artist to heighten the effect of their work
Familiarity information: POETIC LICENSE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
License used by a writer or artist to heighten the effect of their work
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("poetic license" is a kind of...):
licence; license (freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech))
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