Etymology

étrécissement

Today it means: The surrealist technique of cutting away parts of images to develop a new image. Full definition →

French [Term?]
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  1. French · borrowed from[Term?]
  2. English todayétrécissement

From French [Term?]. See étrécir (“to make narrow”).

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