ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Skeletalism

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Skeletalism is a noun meaning (rare) The process of making something skeletal, or reducing it to the barest form.

Meaning

(rare) The process of making something skeletal, or reducing it to the barest form.

Example Sentences

We can say, broadly, that minimalism in House and Techno tends to take one of two paths: either skeletalism or massification.
A linguistic skeletalism noted by Steinhagen: "in the fourteen words of the poem there is not a single local adverb, no prepositions, no colour adjectives and no verbs of perception" (Statischen Gedichte 162).

Synonyms for skeletalism

Depending on context, synonyms include skeletalization.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include skeletalization, skeleton, barebone, bare bones, reductivism, musclelessness.

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