synchromism

American  

[sing-kruh-miz-uhm] / ˈsɪŋ krəˌmɪz əm /

noun

(sometimes initial capital letter)

1. 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.

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Other Word Forms

• synchromist
  noun

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Etymology

Origin of synchromism

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

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