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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   An abstractionist painting movement that evolved in the 1930s. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   a representation of an abstract idea in concrete terms wordnet
3. 3
   Reification; the fallacy of treating an abstraction as a real entity. countable, uncountable

Synonyms

All synonyms

concrete artconcrete artconcrete representation

Etymology

From concrete + -ism.

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