Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A figure or representation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The formation of a figure, representation, or semblance; a delineation or description.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The formation of a figure,
representation , orsemblance ; a delineation ordescription .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Newspaper accounts of his life since his death two days ago indicate that he was derided by the reigning New York art world for his attachment to realism, whereas they reveled in iconoclasm or in iconoclastic iconism (Warhol et al.).
Archive 2009-01-01 Linda 2009
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Newspaper accounts of his life since his death two days ago indicate that he was derided by the reigning New York art world for his attachment to realism, whereas they reveled in iconoclasm or in iconoclastic iconism (Warhol et al.).
On the Passing of Andrew Wyeth Linda 2009
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Ekphrastic prose is an equally available possibility, and the presence or absence of iconism or "literarity" in this prose is not preordained by its reference to a visual representation.
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