"biomorphism" meaning in All languages combined

See biomorphism on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Etymology: From bio- + -morphism or biomorph + -ism. First used in 1936 by Alfred H Barr, Jr. (1902-1981), art historian. Etymology templates: {{af|en|bio-|-morphism}} bio- + -morphism, {{af|en|biomorph|-ism}} biomorph + -ism Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} biomorphism (uncountable)
  1. (art) A surrealist art movement of the twentieth century that focuses on the power of natural life and uses organic shapes, with shapeless and vaguely spherical hints of the forms of biology. Wikipedia link: biomorphism Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Art Translations (surrealist art movement of the twentieth century): bithmhorfacht [feminine] (Irish)

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