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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The creation, principles, or ideals of abstractions, in particular art. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   an abstract genre of art; artistic content depends on internal form rather than pictorial representation wordnet
3. 3
   The presentation of ideas in an abstract manner. countable, uncountable
4. 4
   a representation having no reference to concrete objects or specific examples wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

abstract artartcoloringdistortionexaggerationexpressionism

Etymology

From abstraction + -ism.

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