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cub·ism

also Cub·ism (kyo͞o′bĭz′əm)

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 cubism cubism - 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" cubistic

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cubist

[ˈkjuːbɪst]

A. ADJ → cubista

B. N → cubista mf

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