English Explanatory Dictionary

Orphism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A religious movement in antiquity, supposed to have been founded by Orpheus.
  2. A minor Cubist art movement focusing on pure abstraction and bright colours.

Word forms

Orphism

Etymology

From Orpheus + -ism; art sense coined by French poet Guillaume Apollinaire in 1912 as orphisme.

Synonyms

Orphic cubism

Related words

Orphic Orphist
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