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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pictorialism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.22 in modern English

Syllables
pic-to-ri-al-ism
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A school of artistic photography that emphasized using photography to mimic certain styles of contemporary painting, that flourished in the late 19th and early 20th centuries

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Any artistic use of photography to imitate painting, especially using pictorial conventions.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The theory that mental imagery is visual rather than based on language-like description.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree English pictorial Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English pictorialism From pictorial + -ism.

Usage

Inflected Forms

pictorialisms (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

pictorialist descriptionalism

Questions

What does pictorialism mean?
A school of artistic photography that emphasized using photography to mimic certain styles of contemporary painting, that flourished in the late 19th and early 20th centuries
Where does pictorialism come from?
Etymology tree English pictorial Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English pictorialism From pictorial + -ism.

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