Definition of Divisionism

1. Noun. In art, the use of small areas of color to construct an image. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Divisionism

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Divisionism

division Tracheophyta
division level
division levels
division of labour
division ring
division rings
division septum
division sign
division signs
divisional
divisionalize
divisionally
divisionary
divisioner
divisionism (current term)
divisionisms
divisionist
divisionists
divisionor
divisions
divisive
divisively
divisiveness
divisivenesses
diviso
divisor
divisors
divisos
divitis

Literary usage of Divisionism

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Human Rights Watch World Report 2005: The Events of 2004 by Human Rights Watch, Human Rights Watch (Organization (2005)
"Others accused of "divisionism" lost employment or were deprived of their passports. The government frequently invokes the role of the media in inciting the ..."

2. The Media and the Rwanda Genocide by Allan Thompson (2007)
"As the European Union Electoral Observer Mission noted, 'Accusations of separatism and divisionism, which are grave in the Rwandan context, had a tendency ..."

3. Modern Painting, Its Tendency and Meaning by Willard Huntington Wright, S. S. Van Dine (1915)
"It is not strange when we consider his adherence all his life to so childish a technical programme as divisionism. This adherence marked the main difference ..."

4. A Short History of Engraving & Etching, for the Use of Collectors and by Arthur Mayger Hind (1908)
"He made liberal use of aquatint, no doubt finding in its regular open grain a certain kinship with the "divisionism," or "pointillism," by which a certain ..."

5. Masters in Art: A Series of Illustrated Monographs (1908)
"... whose art, at first a little reminiscent of Millet and technically founded on a disintegration of color which the Italians call divisionism, ..."

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