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Noun

1. 1
   A style of postimpressionism that aims to synthesize various elements: the outward appearance of the thing depicted, the artist's feelings about it, and aesthetic considerations. uncountable
2. 2
   a genre of French painting characterized by bright flat shapes and symbolic treatments of abstract ideas wordnet
3. 3
   The complete treatment of a fracture, restoring the parts to their proper place and holding them there. obsolete, uncountable

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decorative paintingintegrative methodsynthesis paintingsynthesis theorysynthetic styleunification theory

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analytic methodfragmentationimpressionismnaturalism