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Date: 1900-2000
Language: French
Origin: cubisme, from cube 'cube'

cubism

 noun
     
Related topics: Arts, Painting and Drawing
cub‧is‧m [uncountable]
AVP a 20th century style of art, in which objects and people are represented by geometric shapes
—cubist adjective:
cubist paintings
—cubist noun [countable]
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