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cubism

Noun

Cub=ism

WORDNET DICTIONARY

cubism(n = noun.group) Array - an artistic movement in France beginning in 1907 that featured surfaces of geometrical planes; Array

has particulars: analytical cubism, synthetic cubism

Derived forms noun cubist₁, adjective cubistic₁

cubism, n.

A movement or phase in post-impressionism (which see, below). [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

cubism, n. a style and movement in art, esp. painting, in which objects are represented as an assemblage of geometrical forms.

Derivative

cubist n. & adj.

Etymology

F cubisme (as CUBE)

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