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pentatonism
[ pen-tuh-toh-niz-uhm, -to- ]
noun
, Music.
- the use of a five-tone scale.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pentatonism1
1965–70; pentaton(ic scale) ( def ) + -ism
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