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Cubism

Noun CEFR B1
ˈkjuː.bɪz.əm

Definitions

An artistic movement in the early 20th Century characterized by the depiction of natural forms as geometric structures of planes.

capitalized, countable, often, uncountable

Equivalents

Españolcubismo
Françaiscubisme
DeutschKubismus
26 more languages
العربيةالتكعيبية
Българскикубизъм
Catalàcubisme
Češtinakubismus
Ελληνικάκυβισμός
Esperantokubismo
Eestikubism
Suomikubismi
Gaeilgeciúbachas
Magyarkubizmus
Italianocubismo
ქართულიკუბიზმი
Қазақ тілікубшылдық
Македонскикубизам
Nederlandskubisme
Polskikubizm
Portuguêscubismo
Русскийкубизм
Svenskakubism
Türkçekübizm
Tiếng Việtlập thể

Examples

Matisse coined the name Cubism as a derisive joke.”
“A few recall that, in 1908, he [Matisse] inspired the coinage of the termcubism,” in disparagement of a movement that would eclipse his leading influence on the Parisian avant-garde.”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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