concretism

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noun

An abstractionist painting movement that evolved in the 1930s.

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concrete artconcrete representation
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Meanings

nounconcretism (countable and uncountable, plural concretisms)

plural concretisms

  1. countableuncountableartAn abstractionist painting movement that evolved in the 1930s.

    Synonyms: concrete art

  2. countableuncountablehuman sciencesReification; the fallacy of treating an abstraction as a real entity.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn abstractionist painting movement that evolved in the 1930s.

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concrete art

More synonyms by meaning

nouna representation of an abstract idea in concrete terms

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concrete representation
Broader
representationmental representationinternal representation
Also see
concrete art

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From concrete + -ism.

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Translations

Esperanto konkretismo
  • konkretismoabstractionist movement
Finnish konkretismi
  • konkretismiabstractionist movement
French concrétisme
  • concrétismeabstractionist movement
Italian concretismo
  • concretismoabstractionist movement
Polish konkretyzm
  • konkretyzmabstractionist movement
Portuguese concretismo
  • concretismoabstractionist movement
Spanish concretismo
  • concretismoabstractionist movement
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APA

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

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

Chicago

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

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