antisymbolism

noun

Etymology

From anti- + symbolism.

  1. derived from σύμβολον
  2. derived from symbolus
  3. derived from symbole
  4. formed as symbolism — “symbol + -ism
  5. prefixed as antisymbolism — “anti + symbolism

Definitions

  1. Opposition to symbolism.

    • These are only a few of the absurdities of the theory of antisymbolism, but they are sufficient, one should think, to confute it.
    • These are materialism, antiformalism and antisymbolism, verification through practical results, the partisanship of science, and the need of modifying scientific dogma only by action of the political leadership […]
    • Thus the extreme antisymbolism, antiornament and anti-Beaux-Arts position of the Bauhaus and other European modems.

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