kineticism
kineticism noun: kinetic art.
Noun
kineticism (usually uncountable, plural kineticisms)
- Kinetic art.
- Energetic movement, particularly applied to any visual arts.
- In his heyday (the late 1960s and '70s) Mr. [Ben] Vereen reigned as Broadway's heir to Sammy Davis Jr. Even at the peak of his career he lacked his idol's cyclonic kineticism.2007 February 8, Stephen Holden, “A big, heartfelt serving of the old razzle-dazzle”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 05 Jun 2015
- And it's probably not a coincidence that the time they evoke was also the beginning of the heyday of Asian commercial cinema, when directors like Tsui Hark and John Woo were reinvigorating moribund movie genres with wild kineticism and an almost insolent indifference to the niceties of narrative...2008 August 24, Terrence Rafferty, “Images With impact, and with a debt to the late 1980s”, in The New York Times
Forms of kineticism
| plural | kineticisms |
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Origin of kineticism
* From kinetic + -ism
Questions about kineticism
- What does kineticism mean?
- Kineticism means kinetic art.
- What part of speech is kineticism?
- Kineticism is a noun.
- What is the plural of kineticism?
- The plural of kineticism is kineticisms.
Words near kineticism in the dictionary
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