Etymology

featurism

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Today it means: A form of architectural design based around certain accentuated features. Full definition →

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The story

From feature + -ism, coined by Australian architect Robin Boyd in his book The Australian Ugliness (1960).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.