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vorticism

vorticism noun: a short-lived modernist movement in British art and poetry of the early 20th century, incorporating elements of cubism and futurism.

Noun

vorticism (countable and uncountable, plural vorticisms)

  1. A short-lived modernist movement in British art and poetry of the early 20th century, incorporating elements of cubism and futurism.
    • Much noise has been made by Vorticism, Futurism, Cubism, Vertiginism.1919 March 30, “The Dadas”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

vorticism meaning in Tamil

vorticism in Tamil

சூழ்வரைவுக் கொள்கை, இயற்சுழற்சி இயக்கக் கோட்பாடு, இயற் சுழற்சியியக்கம்

Forms of vorticism

pluralvorticisms

Origin of vorticism

From vortex + -ism, attributed to Ezra Pound.

Questions about vorticism

What does vorticism mean?
Vorticism means a short-lived modernist movement in British art and poetry of the early 20th century, incorporating elements of cubism and futurism.
What is vorticism in Tamil?
Vorticism in Tamil is சூழ்வரைவுக் கொள்கை, இயற்சுழற்சி இயக்கக் கோட்பாடு, இயற் சுழற்சியியக்கம். See Vorticism meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is vorticism?
Vorticism is a noun.
What is the plural of vorticism?
The plural of vorticism is vorticisms.

Words near vorticism in the dictionary

  1. vorticellids
  2. vorticels
  3. vortices
  4. vorticial
  5. vorticiform
  6. vorticism
  7. vorticisms
  8. vorticist
  9. vorticistic
  10. vorticists
  11. vorticities

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Adapted from Wiktionary: vorticism (page history and authors); vorticism (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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