"kineticism" meaning in English

See kineticism in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: kineticisms [plural]
Etymology: * From kinetic + -ism Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|kinetic|ism}} kinetic + -ism Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} kineticism (usually uncountable, plural kineticisms)
  1. Kinetic art. Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-kineticism-en-noun-LD4cc0I0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 78 22
  2. Energetic movement, particularly applied to any visual arts. Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-kineticism-en-noun-~v7PfGta

Inflected forms

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