precisionism

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noun

A modernist art movement that emerged in the United States after World War I, reducing subjects to their essential geometric shapes and eliminating detail.

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Meanings

nounprecisionism (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA modernist art movement that emerged in the United States after World War I, reducing subjects to their essential geometric shapes and eliminating detail.

Origin

From precision + -ism.

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APA

precisionism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/precisionism

MLA

“precisionism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/precisionism. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “precisionism,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/precisionism.

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