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Definition of Abstractionist
1. Noun. A painter of abstract pictures.
Generic synonyms: Painter
Specialized synonyms: Suprematist
Specialized synonyms: Albers, Josef Albers, Mondrian, Piet Mondrian
Derivative terms: Abstractionism, Abstractionism
2. Adjective. Not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature. "A large abstract painting"
Similar to: Nonrepresentational
Derivative terms: Abstractness
Definition of Abstractionist
1. n. An idealist.
Definition of Abstractionist
1. Adjective. Related or tending to abstractionism. ¹
2. Noun. Someone who supports or creates abstract art. ¹
3. Noun. An idealist. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Abstractionist
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Abstractionist
Literary usage of Abstractionist
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Orestes A. Brownson by Orestes Augustus Brownson, Henry Francis Brownson (1884)
"We want no visionary theorist, no abstractionist, no impracticable, who will hear
no counsel but his own convictions, and is above taking the advice of his ..."
2. The Atlantic Monthly by Making of America Project (1865)
"... and though at first called an abstractionist and a fanatic by the looser
thinkers of his own region, his inexorable argumentation, conquering by degrees ..."
3. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1897)
"Great as Plato has been as a stimulus to thought, he is avowedly an abstractionist
of the most daring kind, and the abuse of notions traceable to him has, ..."
4. A Constitutional View of the Late War Between the States: Its Causes by Alexander Hamilton Stephens (1868)
"He was regarded as too much of an abstractionist, dealing in incomprehensible
metaphysical distinctions. But no better reply to this charge and no better ..."
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