Fluxus

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/ˈflʌksəs/

proper noun

An international movement of artists, poets, composers and designers of the 1960s and 1970s, noted for experimental syntheses of different media and disciplines.

OriginLatin flūxus →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. An international movement of artists, poets, composers and designers of the 1960s and 1970s, noted for experimental syntheses of different media and disciplines.

    Other attractions include a documentation center for the activities of Fluxus, the wildcat group of art anarchists who have fluxed around Canal Street since the 1960's; […]

    1976 June 25, Grace Glueck, “Art People”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Origin

  1. Latinflūxus“flow”
  2. EnglishFluxus

Coined by Lithuanian American artist George Maciunas in 1961 as the title of a proposed magazine, from Latin flūxus (“flow”).

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APA

Fluxus. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Fluxus

MLA

“Fluxus.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Fluxus. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Fluxus,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Fluxus.

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