English Explanatory Dictionary

Disumbrationism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A supposed art movement created as a hoax in 1924 in reaction to an art establishment perceived as overvaluing inferior artworks.

Word forms

Disumbrationism

Etymology

Apparently an arbitrary invention, perhaps from dis- + umbra + -ation + -ism.

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