minimalism
English
noun
Definitions
- (arts) A style of art that emphasises extreme simplicity of form.
- (music genre) A style of music that emphasises extreme simplicity of rhythms and melodic forms to achieve a trancelike effect.
Etymology
Suffix from English minimal.
Origin
English
minimal
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- minimal English
- minimalisation English
- minimalist English
- minimality English
- minimalization English
- minimalize English
- minimally English
- minimalness English
- minimum English
- non-minimal English
- nonminimal English
- postminimal English
- postminimalism English
- quasiminimal English
- subminimal English
- ultraminimal English
- *mey- Proto-Indo-European
- ミニマリズム Japanese
- מינימלי Hebrew (modern)