étrécissement

noun

The surrealist technique of cutting away parts of images to develop a new image.

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Meanings

nounétrécissement (countable and uncountable, plural étrécissements)

plural étrécissements

  1. uncountableartThe surrealist technique of cutting away parts of images to develop a new image.
  2. countableartAn image formed by this technique.

Origin

  1. French[Term?]
  2. Englishétrécissement

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

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APA

étrécissement. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/%C3%A9tr%C3%A9cissement

MLA

“étrécissement.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/%C3%A9tr%C3%A9cissement. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “étrécissement,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/%C3%A9tr%C3%A9cissement.

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