synthetism

/ ˈsɪnθɪˌtɪzəm /

noun

1. (often capital) the symbolism of Gauguin and the Nabis, who reacted against the impressionists and realists by seeking to produce brightly coloured abstractions of their inner experience

Other Word Forms

• synthetist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of synthetism¹

C19: from Greek sunthetos composite; see _synthetic

Example Sentences

Even where color occupies in painting the place attributed to outline in sculpture, there are in these two manifestations of mental images--and in spite of the synthetism peculiar to painting,--striking similitudes.

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