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noun
An abstractionist painting movement that evolved in the 1930s.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: art, arts
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Synonyms: concrete art
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Reification; the fallacy of treating an abstraction as a real entity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a representation of an abstract idea in concrete terms
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: concrete representation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: representation, mental representation, internal representation
Narrower terms: shape, embodiment
History
From concrete + -ism.
Across languages
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