synchromism

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noun (sometimes initial capital letter)

a movement of the early 20th century led by American artists and manifested in their experimentation with nonfigurative or entirely abstract paintings containing shapes and volumes of pure color.Compare Orphism (def. 2).

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Origin of synchromism

First recorded in 1910–15; syn- + chrom- + -ism

OTHER WORDS FROM synchromism

syn·chro·mist, noun, adjective

Words nearby synchromism

sync-generator, synchro-, synchrocyclotron, synchroflash, synchromesh, synchromism, synchronal, synchroneity, synchronic, synchronicity, synchronism

How to use synchromism in a sentence

Macdonald-Wright approached his conception of Synchromism from the opposite direction.
Modern Painting, Its Tendency and Meaning|Willard Huntington Wright
The word Synchromism, adopted by them to avoid obnoxious classification under a foreign banner, means simply “with colour.”
Modern Painting, Its Tendency and Meaning|Willard Huntington Wright
Today there are numerous representatives of all the movements from Impressionism to Synchromism.
Modern Painting, Its Tendency and Meaning|Willard Huntington Wright
The attacks on Synchromism are strangely like those which companioned Impressionism.
Modern Painting, Its Tendency and Meaning|Willard Huntington Wright

From Delacroix335 to Synchromism the critics and public have fought every advance.
Modern Painting, Its Tendency and Meaning|Willard Huntington Wright