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abstractionism
[ ab-strak-shuh-niz-uhm ]
noun
, Fine Arts.
- the practice and theory of abstract art.
abstractionism
/ æbˈstrækʃəˌnɪzəm /
noun
- the theory and practice of the abstract, esp of abstract art
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Derived Forms
- abˈstractionist, noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of abstractionism1
1905–10, for an earlier sense; abstraction + -ism
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Example Sentences
Abstractionism of the worst sort dogs Mr. Russell in his own trials to tell positively what the word 'truth' means.
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It almost reconciles one to being no logician that one thereby escapes so much abstractionism.
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Pragmatism saves us at any rate from such diseased abstractionism as those pages show.
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A thing after your own heart, but ruined in my eyes by the same kind of vicious abstractionism which your thesis shows.
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It is one of the conspicuous traits of highbrowism, the essence of false abstractionism.
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