Definition of Abstractionism

1. Noun. An abstract genre of art; artistic content depends on internal form rather than pictorial representation.

Exact synonyms: Abstract Art
Generic synonyms: Genre
Specialized synonyms: Op Art
Derivative terms: Abstractionist

2. Noun. A representation having no reference to concrete objects or specific examples.
Exact synonyms: Unrealism
Generic synonyms: Internal Representation, Mental Representation, Representation
Derivative terms: Abstractionist

Definition of Abstractionism

1. Noun. The creation of abstactions, in particular art. ¹

2. Noun. The principles or ideals of abstract art. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Abstractionism

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Abstractionism

abstractedly
abstractedness
abstracter
abstracters
abstractest
abstracticism
abstractification
abstractified
abstractifies
abstractify
abstractifying
abstracting
abstracting and indexing
abstraction
abstractional
abstractionism (current term)
abstractionisms
abstractionist
abstractionistic
abstractionists
abstractions
abstractitious
abstractive
abstractively
abstractiveness
abstractly
abstractness
abstractnesses
abstractor
abstractors

Literary usage of Abstractionism

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Problem of Knowledge by Douglas Clyde Macintosh (1915)
"In this view of the Ultimate Object as Will and not Being — as that which is not, and yet which acts2 —-we have another clear instance of abstractionism, ..."

2. Annual Conference on Educational Measurements: Proceedings by Indiana University Extension Division (1914)
"The most of us were brought up in an atmosphere of abstractionism, ... And as I say, we are prone to the pitfall of abstractionism, to believe that somehow ..."

3. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1922)
"... that is, from observable facts, into a hopeless intellectualistic abstractionism which Wundt himself deplored in Herbart and his predecessors.16 To our ..."

4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"The following list exhibits the principal surnames with the dates of death. Doctors in Theology:— abstractionism—Francis Mayron, OFM, 1325 or 1327. ..."

5. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1897)
"If the headquarters of Hegel lie in Plato, and if, as we know, Plato is the philosopher of abstractionism, suspicions must arise that the contaminated ..."

6. Present Philosophical Tendencies: A Critical Survey of Naturalism, Idealism by Ralph Barton Perry (1912)
"It emphasizes the particular and presentable consequences of ideas, and is thus opposed to verbalism, to abstractionism, to agnosticism, and to loose and ..."

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