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Noun: abstractionism  ab'strak-shu`ni-zum
  1. An abstract genre of art; artistic content depends on internal form rather than pictorial representation
    - abstract art
     
  2. A representation having no reference to concrete objects or specific examples
    - unrealism

Derived forms: abstractionisms

See also: abstractionist

Type of: genre, internal representation, mental representation, representation

Encyclopedia: Abstractionism

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