abstractionism
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of abstractionism
1905–10, for an earlier sense; abstraction + -ism
Example Sentences
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Mr. Khrushchev, who had simple tastes and was facing serious political challenges, flew into a rage against abstractionism and made threats of coercion.
From New York Times ● Apr. 1, 2017
Harris's book tells the story of English art's journey away from pure abstractionism to a tactile, particularising concern with the local and the contingent, with "stones and leaves".
From The Guardian ● Dec. 2, 2010
Britain's view of its own abstract art is highly selfconscious, aware that Paris decades ago showed the way to abstractionism and that the U.S. went farthest with it.
From Time Magazine Archive
It can be taken as a sign, among others, that the long reign of abstractionism is over and that a new generation is looking for and exploring other modes.
From Time Magazine Archive
Professor Joseph Schumpeter, of Vienna, carries out economic abstractionism to its logical limits, both in "statics" and in "dynamics."
From Social Value A Study in Economic Theory Critical and Constructive by Anderson, Benjamin M. (Benjamin McAlester)
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