Meanings
nounminihistory (plural minihistories)
plural minihistories
- A brief history.
With 80 works ranging from folksy illustrations to precisionist Dutch-inspired landscapes and loose 20th-century abstractions, it offers a minihistory of American painting but also challenges tired notions about watercolor as an amateur’s medium.
2007 September 15, Martha Schwendener, “Bringing Out the Leading Lights in a Watercolor Show”, in New York Times
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minihistory. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/minihistory
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“minihistory.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/minihistory. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “minihistory,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/minihistory.
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