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Noun: minimalism  'mi-nu-mu-li-zum
  1. An art movement in sculpture and painting that began in the 1950s and emphasized extreme simplification of form and colour
    "he despised the aesthetic of minimalism"
    - minimal art, reductivism

Derived forms: minimalisms

See also: minimalist

Type of: art movement, artistic movement

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