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REDUCTIVISM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does reductivism mean?
• REDUCTIVISM (noun)
The noun REDUCTIVISM 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: REDUCTIVISM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
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 ("reductivism" is a kind of...):
art movement; artistic movement (a group of artists who agree on general principles)
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