serialism

[ seer-ee-uh-liz-uhm ]

noun

1. twelve-tone technique.

serialism

/ ˈsɪərɪəˌlɪzəm /

noun

1. (in 20th-century music) the use of a sequence of notes in a definite order as a thematic basis for a composition and a source from which the musical material is derived See also twelve-tone

Other Words From

• seri·al·ist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of serialism¹

First recorded in 1960–65; serial + -ism