synchromism

[ sing-kruh-miz-uhm ]

noun(sometimes initial capital letter)
  1. a movement of the early 20th century led by American artists and manifested in their experimentation with nonfigurative or entirely abstract paintings containing shapes and volumes of pure color.: Compare Orphism (def. 2).

Origin of synchromism

1
First recorded in 1910–15; syn- + chrom- + -ism

Other words from synchromism

  • syn·chro·mist, noun, adjective

Words Nearby synchromism

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