English

Alternative forms

• Cubism

Noun

cubism ‎(countable and uncountable, plural cubisms)

1. (often capitalized) An artistic movement in the early 20th Century characterized by the depiction of natural forms as geometric structures of planes.
   • 2003, The New Yorker, 3 March,

     Matisse coined the name Cubism as a derisive joke.

   • 2005, The New Yorker, 29 Aug, p. 78,

     A few recall that, in 1908, he [Matisse] inspired the coinage of the term “cubism,” in disparagement of a movement that would eclipse his leading influence on the Parisian avant-garde.

Related terms

• cubist
• cubistic
• cubistically

Translations

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowing from French cubisme.

Noun

cubism n ‎(uncountable)

1. cubism

Declension