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representationalism

noun
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Definition of representationalism

1 : the doctrine that the immediate object of knowledge is an idea in the mind distinct from the external object which is the occasion of perception
2 : the theory or practice of realistic representation in art
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Other Words from representationalism

representationalist \ 藢re-​pri-​藢zen-​藞t膩-​shn蓹-​list How to pronounce representationalist (audio) , -​sh蓹-​n岬妉-​ist \ noun

Synonyms for representationalism

Synonyms

literalism, naturalism, realism, verisimilitude, verismo

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Examples of representationalism in a Sentence

the artist eventually abandoned the representationalism of his earlier work

First Known Use of representationalism

1842, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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