ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Divisionism

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Divisionism is a noun meaning Support for division of a territory, etc.

Meaning

Support for division of a territory, etc.

More Meanings

  1. (painting) The use of small areas of color to construct an image, based on theories of the colors' interaction in the perception of a viewer.

Example Sentences

The method, variously called pointillism, divisionism (separated colours) or neoimpressionism, is especially effective in the half-dozen monumental paintings Seurat considered his toiles de lutte (battle-canvases).

Word Forms

Synonyms for divisionism

Depending on context, synonyms include chromoluminarism.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include elementarism, subdivision, division, discretization, desingularization, semiabstraction.

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