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abstractionist

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ab⋅strac⋅tion⋅ist

  [ab-strak-shuh-nist]
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–noun
1. a person who produces abstract works of art.
–adjective
2. showing abstract characteristics in art; tending toward abstractionism.
Origin:
1835–45, for earlier sense; abstraction + -ist
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ab·strac·tion·ism   (āb-strāk'shə-nĭz'əm)   
n.  The theory and practice of abstract art.
ab·strac'tion·ist n.
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