cubist
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cub·ism
also Cub·ism (kyo͞o′bĭz′əm)n.
A nonobjective school of painting and sculpture developed in Paris in the early 20th century, characterized by the reduction and fragmentation of natural forms into abstract, often geometric structures usually rendered as a set of discrete planes.
[French cubisme, from cube, cube; see cube.]
cub′ist n.
cu·bis′tic adj.
cu·bis′ti·cal·ly adv.
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| Noun | 1. |  cubist - an artist who adheres to the principles of cubismcubism - an artistic movement in France beginning in 1907 that featured surfaces of geometrical planes painter - an artist who paints |
| Adj. | 1. | cubist - relating to or characteristic of cubism; "cubist art" |
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Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Cubist
[ˈkjuːbɪst] n → cubiste mf
adj [painting, artist] → cubistecub reporter n (= young journalist) → journaliste mf stagiairecub scout n
see cub
see cub
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