SYNCHROMISM


Meaning of SYNCHROMISM in English

— synchromist , n. , adj.

/sing"kreuh miz'euhm/ , n. ( sometimes cap. )

a movement of the early 20th century led by American artists and manifested in their experimentation with nonfigurative or entirely abstract paintings containing shapes and volumes of pure color. Cf. Orphism (def. 2).

[ 1910-15; SYN- + CHROM- + -ISM ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .