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Noun

1. 1
   A short-lived modernist movement in British art and poetry of the early 20th century, incorporating elements of cubism and futurism. countable, uncountable

   "Much noise has been made by Vorticism, Futurism, Cubism, Vertiginism."

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"Much noise has been made by Vorticism, Futurism, Cubism, Vertiginism."

Etymology

From vortex + -ism, attributed to Ezra Pound.

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