divisionism
nounEtymology From division + -ism.
1
Usually The use of small areas of color to construct an image, based on theories of the colors' interaction in the perception of a viewer.
- The method, variously called pointillism, divisionism (separated colours) or neoimpressionism, is especially effective in the half-dozen monumental paintings Seurat considered his toiles de lutte (battle-canvases).2025 September 13, Jackie Wullschläger, “Portal to an abstract future or dry dead end?”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 15:
2
Usually Support for division of a territory, etc.
- Related terms
- divisionist