What does "biomorphism" mean?

A surrealist art movement of the twentieth century that focuses on the power of natural life and uses organic shapes, with shapeless and vaguely spherical hints of the forms of biology.

What is a synonym for "biomorphism"?

Common synonyms include: animallikeness.

Biomorphism

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A surrealist art movement of the twentieth century that focuses on the power of natural life and uses organic shapes, with shapeless and vaguely spherical hints of the forms of biology. uncountable

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animallikeness

Etymology

From bio- + -morphism or biomorph + -ism. First used in 1936 by Alfred H Barr, Jr. (1902-1981), art historian.

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