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phytomorphism

phytomorphism noun: to use a plant-centric perspective.

Noun

phytomorphism (uncountable)

  1. To use a plant-centric perspective.
    • As for more properly linear components of the composition, we can speak of phytomorphism (or floralism).2012, Renato Barilli, The Science of Culture and the Phenomenology of Styles, page 121
    • Among the notable features of this decoration is the treatment of surfaces in flat relief, close to the sculptural form that Gauguin particularly favoured (illus. 33, 96), and 'phytomorphism', meaning the representation of figures and graphic signs in plant form, one aspect of a tendency towards...2014, Dario Gamboni, Paul Gauguin: The Mysterious Centre of Thought, page 23

Origin of phytomorphism

From phyto- + -morphism.

Questions about phytomorphism

What does phytomorphism mean?
Phytomorphism means to use a plant-centric perspective.
What part of speech is phytomorphism?
Phytomorphism is a noun.

Words near phytomorphism in the dictionary

  1. phytomonad
  2. phytomonads
  3. phytomonic acid
  4. phytomorph
  5. phytomorphic
  6. phytomorphism
  7. phytomorphological
  8. phytomorphologically
  9. phytomorphologist
  10. phytomorphologists
  11. phytomorphology

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