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noun
Extreme simplification; reduction to a minimum; use of the fewest essentials
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: minimalism
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The view that mental states can be reduced to physical phenomena.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
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noun
A minimalist movement in abstract painting and sculpture from the 1950s onwards.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: art, arts
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noun
A minimalist school of music with similar aims.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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noun
an art movement in sculpture and painting that began in the 1950s and emphasized extreme simplification of form and color
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: minimalism, minimal art
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: artistic movement, art movement
History
Etymology tree English reductive Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English reductivism From reductive + -ism.
