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atonalisms

atonalisms is the plural of atonalism.

Meaning of atonalism

Noun

atonalism (usually uncountable, plural atonalisms)

  1. (usually) The school of atonal musical composition
    • No matter how melodramatic the story behind the music might be, most audiences won't buy atonalism; Arnold Schoenberg could have been devoured by escaped circus tigers while he was finishing the Variations for Orchestra and it would still get booed off the stage.1998 February 27, Lee Sandlin, “Over Powered”, in Chicago Reader

Questions about atonalisms

What is atonalisms the plural of?
Atonalisms is the plural of atonalism.

Words near atonalisms in the dictionary

  1. atomy
  2. Aton
  3. atonable
  4. atonal
  5. atonalism
  6. atonalisms
  7. atonalist
  8. atonalistic
  9. atonalists
  10. atonalities
  11. atonality

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