abstractionism

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English abstraction

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Indo-European *-mos

Proto-Indo-European *-mós

Ancient Greek -μός (-mós)

Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der.

English -ism

English abstractionism

From abstraction + -ism.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /æbˈstɹæk.ʃn̩ˌɪz.m̩/

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Noun

abstractionism (countable and uncountable, plural abstractionisms)

1. The creation, principles, or ideals of abstractions, in particular art. [First attested in the mid 20^th century.]
2. The presentation of ideas in an abstract manner. [First attested in the mid 20^th century.]

Translations

(Philos.) principles of abstractions

• Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: abstractionisme m

abstract art

• Armenian: աբստրակցիոնիզմ (hy) (abstrakcʻionizm)
• Bulgarian: абстракционизъм m (abstrakcionizăm), абстра́ктно изку́ство n (abstráktno izkústvo, literally “abstract art”), отвле́чено изку́ство n (otvléčeno izkústvo, literally “abstract art”)
• Catalan: abstraccionisme m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 抽象主義 / 抽象主义 (zh) (chōuxiàngzhǔyì)

• Dutch: abstracte kunst n
• Finnish: abstraktionismi
• French: abstractionnisme (fr)
• German: Abstraktionismus m
• Interlingua: abstractionismo
• Japanese: 抽象主義 (ja) (ちゅうしょうしゅぎ, chūshōshugi))
• Polish: abstrakcjonizm (pl) m
• Portuguese: abstracionismo (pt) m
• Romanian: abstracționism (ro) n
• Russian: абстракциони́зм (ru) m (abstrakcionízm)
• Spanish: abstraccionismo (es) m
• Ukrainian: абстракціонізм (uk) m (abstrakcionizm)