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biomorphism

biomorphism noun: a surrealist art movement of the twentieth century that focuses on the power of natural life and uses organic shapes, with shapeless and vaguely spherical hints of the forms of biology.

Noun

biomorphism (uncountable)

  1. A surrealist art movement of the twentieth century that focuses on the power of natural life and uses organic shapes, with shapeless and vaguely spherical hints of the forms of biology.

Origin of biomorphism

From bio- + -morphism or biomorph + -ism. First used in 1936 by Alfred H Barr, Jr. (1902-1981), art historian.

Questions about biomorphism

What does biomorphism mean?
Biomorphism means a surrealist art movement of the twentieth century that focuses on the power of natural life and uses organic shapes, with shapeless and vaguely spherical hints of the forms of biology.
What part of speech is biomorphism?
Biomorphism is a noun.

Words near biomorphism in the dictionary

  1. biomonomer
  2. biomonomers
  3. biomorph
  4. biomorphic
  5. biomorphically
  6. biomorphism
  7. biomorphodynamics
  8. biomorphological
  9. biomorphology
  10. biomorphs
  11. biomother

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