abstractionist
Americannoun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of abstractionist
First recorded in 1835–45, for an earlier sense; abstraction + -ist
Example Sentences
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Guests are encouraged to mix and match the vinaigrettes into a mess of hues, a nod to abstractionist Jackson Pollock.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
The work of geometric abstractionist Matthew Thomas is in some ways a product of these encounters that happened during the expansion of the West.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2022
“The abstractionist Carmen Herrera produces minimal but eloquent paintings whose strength comes from their intense fusions of color and ascetic form,” she wrote.
From New York Times ● Feb. 13, 2022
Although each is an American abstractionist who emerged in the 1950s or ’60s, Ed Clark, Richard W. Franklin and Kenneth Young don’t intersect in many other ways.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 14, 2018
But see now how the abstractionist treats this rich and intricate vision that a certain state of things must be true.
From Meaning of Truth by William James
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