MINIMALISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does minimalism mean? 

• MINIMALISM (noun)
  The noun MINIMALISM has 1 sense:

1. an art movement in sculpture and painting that began in the 1950s and emphasized extreme simplification of form and color

  Familiarity information: MINIMALISM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MINIMALISM (noun)

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Meaning:

An art movement in sculpture and painting that began in the 1950s and emphasized extreme simplification of form and color

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

minimal art; minimalism; reductivism

Hypernyms ("minimalism" is a kind of...):

art movement; artistic movement (a group of artists who agree on general principles)

Derivation:

minimalist (a practitioner or advocate of artistic minimalism)