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ABSTRACT ART

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Dictionary entry overview: What does abstract art mean?

• ABSTRACT ART (noun)
The noun ABSTRACT ART has 1 sense:

1. an abstract genre of art; artistic content depends on internal form rather than pictorial representation

Familiarity information: ABSTRACT ART used as a noun is very rare.

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• ABSTRACT ART (noun)

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Meaning:

An abstract genre of art; artistic content depends on internal form rather than pictorial representation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

abstract art; abstractionism

Hypernyms ("abstract art" is a kind of...):

genre (a class of art (or artistic endeavor) having a characteristic form or technique)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "abstract art"):

op art (a style of abstractionism popular in the 1960s; produces dramatic visual effects with colors and contrasts that are difficult for the eye to resolve)

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