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MINIMALISM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An art movement in sculpture and painting that began in the 1950s and emphasized extreme simplification of form and color
Synonyms:
minimal art; minimalism; reductivism
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("minimalism" is a kind of...):
art movement; artistic movement (a group of artists who agree on general principles)
Derivation:
minimalist (a practitioner or advocate of artistic minimalism)