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abstractionism
[ ab-strak-shuh-niz-uhm ]
noun
- 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
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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.
It almost reconciles one to being no logician that one thereby escapes so much abstractionism.
Pragmatism saves us at any rate from such diseased abstractionism as those pages show.
A thing after your own heart, but ruined in my eyes by the same kind of vicious abstractionism which your thesis shows.
It is one of the conspicuous traits of highbrowism, the essence of false abstractionism.
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