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English
Etymology
From abstraction + -ism.
Pronunciation
Noun
abstractionism (countable and uncountable, plural abstractionisms)
- The creation, principles, or ideals of abstractions, in particular art.
- The presentation of ideas in an abstract manner.
Translations
(Philos.) principles of abstractions
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abstractionism”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 10.