ABSTRACTIONIST

 Dictionary entry overview: What does abstractionist mean? 

• ABSTRACTIONIST (noun)
  The noun ABSTRACTIONIST has 1 sense:

1. a painter of abstract pictures

  Familiarity information: ABSTRACTIONIST used as a noun is very rare.

• ABSTRACTIONIST (adjective)
  The adjective ABSTRACTIONIST has 1 sense:

1. not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature

  Familiarity information: ABSTRACTIONIST used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ABSTRACTIONIST (noun)

Meaning:

A painter of abstract pictures

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

abstract artist; abstractionist

Hypernyms ("abstractionist" is a kind of...):

painter (an artist who paints)

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

suprematist (an artist of the school of suprematism)

Instance hyponyms:

Albers; Josef Albers (United States painter born in Germany; works characterized by simple geometrical patterns in various colors (1888-1976))

Mondrian; Piet Mondrian (Dutch painter whose work (intersecting lines at right angles and planes in primary colors) influenced the development of abstract art (1872-1944))

• ABSTRACTIONIST (adjective)

Meaning:

Not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature

Synonyms:

abstractionist; nonfigurative; nonobjective; abstract

Context example:

a large abstract painting

Similar:

nonrepresentational (of or relating to a style of art in which objects do not resemble those known in physical nature)