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Noun: minimalism  'mi-ni-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

Type of: art movement, artistic movement

Encyclopedia: Minimalism