"pictorialism" meaning in All languages combined

See pictorialism on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: pictorialisms [plural]
Etymology: pictorial + -ism Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|pictorial|ism}} pictorial + -ism Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} pictorialism (countable and uncountable, plural pictorialisms)
  1. (photography) A school of artistic photography that emphasized using photography to mimic certain styles of contemporary painting, that flourished in the late 19th and early 20th centuries Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Photography
    Sense id: en-pictorialism-en-noun-GNVbuf1f Topics: arts, hobbies, lifestyle, photography
  2. Any artistic use of photography to imitate painting, especially using pictorial conventions. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-pictorialism-en-noun-84D8hqPb
  3. The theory that mental imagery is visual rather than based on language-like description. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-pictorialism-en-noun-4WvaaElK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ism Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 25 50 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ism: 24 27 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: pictorialist

Inflected forms

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