minimalism
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ə noun ( sometimes initial capital letter )
1.
Music. a reductive style or school of modern music utilizing only simple sonorities, rhythms, and patterns, with minimal embellishment or orchestrational complexity, and characterized by protracted repetition of figurations, obsessive structural rigor, and often a pulsing, hypnotic effect.
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| 1. | another name for minimal art |
| 2. | a type of music based on simple elements and avoiding elaboration or embellishment |
| 3. | design or style in which the simplest and fewest elements are used to create the maximum effect |
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Minimalism
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
Example sentences
Fusing minimalism with romanticism, she creates modern settings by using vintage pieces.
Following the minimalism of form and structure, the different materials and colors have also been reduced to a minimum.
The collection includes various media and diverse styles from folk art to minimalism.
We took the single serving bowl to the table, two forks, in the interest of minimalism.
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