— neoplastic , adj. — neoplasticist , n.
/nee'oh plas"teuh siz'euhm/ , n. ( sometimes cap. ) Fine Arts.
the theory and practice of the de Stijl group, chiefly characterized by an emphasis on the formal structure of a work of art, and restriction of spatial or linear relations to vertical and horizontal movements as well as restriction of the artist's palette to black, white, and the primary colors.
[ néo-plasticisme (1920); see NEO-, PLASTICISM ]