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POINTILISM

Dictionary entry overview: What does pointilism mean?

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

1. a genre of painting characterized by the application of paint in dots and small strokes; developed by Georges Seurat and his followers in late 19th century France

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

Dictionary entry details

• POINTILISM (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A genre of painting characterized by the application of paint in dots and small strokes; developed by Georges Seurat and his followers in late 19th century France

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

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

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