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Meaning of "chiaroscurism" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CHIAROSCURISM

chiaroscurism  [kɪˌɑːrəˈskʊərɪzəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CHIAROSCURISM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Chiaroscurism is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CHIAROSCURISM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of chiaroscurism in the English dictionary

The definition of chiaroscurism in the dictionary is the practice or phenomenon of chiaroscuro.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CHIAROSCURISM


agritourism
ˈæɡrɪˌtʊərɪzəm
agrotourism
ˈæɡrəʊˌtʊərɪzəm
amateurism
ˈæmətjərɪzəm
aneurism
ˈænjərɪzəm
antiterrorism
ˌæntɪˈterərɪzəm
astrotourism
ˌæstrəʊˈtʊərɪzəm
chimerism
kaɪˈmɪərɪzəm
colorism
ˈkʌlərɪzəm
cyberterrorism
ˈsaɪbəˌtɛrərɪzəm
ecotourism
ˈiːkəʊˌtʊərɪzəm
epicurism
ˌɛpɪˈkjʊərɪzəm
gangsterism
ˈɡæŋstərɪzəm
heurism
ˈhjʊərɪzəm
neurism
ˈnjʊərɪzəm
pauperism
ˈpɔːpərɪzəm
Quakerism
ˈkweɪkərɪzəm
tourism
ˈtʊərɪzəm
volunteerism
ˌvɒlənˈtɪərɪzəm
voluntourism
ˌvɒlənˈtʊərɪzəm
voyeurism
ˈvwaɪərɪzəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CHIAROSCURISM

chianti
Chiantishire
chiao
Chiapas
chiarezza
chiaroscurist
chiaroscuro
chiasm
chiasma
chiasmal
chiasmata
chiasmatic
chiasmi
chiasmic
chiasmus

WORDS THAT END LIKE CHIAROSCURISM

adventure tourism
adventurism
auteurism
behaviourism
dark tourism
futurism
labourism
militarism
naturism
pasteurism
plagiarism
prism
purism
scripturism
sex tourism
shamateurism
sinecurism
space tourism
terrorism
vulturism

Synonyms and antonyms of chiaroscurism in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «chiaroscurism» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CHIAROSCURISM

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The translations of chiaroscurism from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «chiaroscurism» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

chiaroscurism
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

chiaroscurism
570 millions of speakers

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chiaroscurism
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

chiaroscurism
380 millions of speakers
ar

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chiaroscurism
280 millions of speakers

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chiaroscurism
278 millions of speakers

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chiaroscurism
270 millions of speakers

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chiaroscurism
260 millions of speakers

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chiaroscurism
220 millions of speakers

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Chiaroscurism
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

chiaroscurism
180 millions of speakers

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chiaroscurism
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

chiaroscurism
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Chiaroscurism
85 millions of speakers
vi

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chiaroscurism
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

chiaroscurism
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

श्वसनक्रिया
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

chiaroscurism
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

chiaroscurism
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

chiaroscurism
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

chiaroscurism
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

chiaroscurism
30 millions of speakers
el

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chiaroscurism
15 millions of speakers
af

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chiaroscurism
14 millions of speakers
sv

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chiaroscurism
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

chiaroscurism
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of chiaroscurism

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CHIAROSCURISM»

The term «chiaroscurism» is barely ever used and occupies the 210.831 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about chiaroscurism

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6 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CHIAROSCURISM»

Discover the use of chiaroscurism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to chiaroscurism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Painting a New World: Mexican Art and Life, 1521-1821
And this new "naturalism" or incipient realism was paired from the start with " chiaroscurism." It is no longer possible, however, as it was until a few years ago, to claim that all colonial chiaro- scurist painting originated with Zurbaran since it ...
‎2004
2
The Rhetoric of Empiricism: Language and Perception from ...
Ruskin's comments on chiaroscurism occur early in Modern Painters and are meant to illustrate a central principle of the work as a whole. Without a continual activity of self-scrutiny that is moral as well as empirical, the chiaroscurist will try to ...
Jules David Law, 1993
3
Collins Anagrams
... laryngoscopic churchmanship homochromatic physicalistic microphysical scholasticism actinomorphic chiaroscurism antipsychotic chiaroscurist chloroplastic psychotically monochromical polychromatic prophylactics monochromatic ...
Justin Crozier, Cormac McKeown, 2006
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The London Quarterly and Holborn Review
... that arises wholly from the perception of the dexterity of the painter and the truth of the painting, and is quite compatible with the recognition that the subject is of an inferior order— that, in fact, chiaroscurism is a form of sensationalism.
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The London Quarterly Review
... that arises wholly from the perception of the dexterity of the painter and the truth of the painting, and is quite compatible with the recognition that the subject is of an inferior order — that, in fact, chiaroscurism is a form of sensationalism.
William Lonsdale Watkinson, John Telford, William Theophilus Davison, 1886
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Goya: a catalogue of his paintings
And, above all, there is a greater inclination to impaste the colours and thicken the tones of the figures which appear against lightened backgrounds, which is the key for this special chiaroscurism. On January 24, 1780. Goya presented the bill ...
José Luis Morales y Marín, Francisco Goya, 1997

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Chiaroscurism [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/chiaroscurism>. Apr 2024 ».
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