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Definition of cubism

cubism

/ˈkjuː.bɪ.zəm/
cu · bism
Adverb:cubistically
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Adjective:cubist
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cubism Lexical Profile

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• noun

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An early 20th-century avant-garde art movement pioneered by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque in which objects are analyzed, broken up, and reassembled in an abstracted geometric form from multiple viewpoints simultaneously.

Example

"The art history lecture explored how cubism revolutionized European painting by abandoning traditional single-point perspective."

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• Nearby Words

cubical
cubically
cubicle
cubism
cubist
cubit
cubmaster

Word Origin & Etymology

Borrowed in the early 20th century from French cubisme, coined by the French art critic Louis Vauxcelles in 1908 after remarking that Georges Braque reduced landscapes to geometric cubes.

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Wordmom. (2026). Definition of Cubism. In Wordmom Dictionary. Retrieved Nov 5, 2026, from https://wordmom.com/dictionary/cubism
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