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Meaning of "destructivism" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DESTRUCTIVISM

destructivism  [dɪˈstrʌktɪvɪzəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DESTRUCTIVISM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Destructivism 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 DESTRUCTIVISM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of destructivism in the English dictionary

The definition of destructivism in the dictionary is the philosophical theory that a part of a whole may be considered a principle part if the destruction of that part would lead to the destruction of the whole. The converse is a maximalist. Other definition of destructivism is an experimental art movement that involves destroying objects during a public performance.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DESTRUCTIVISM


activism
ˈæktɪˌvɪzəm
anticivism
ˌæntɪˈsɪvɪzəm
atavism
ˈætəˌvɪzəm
Bolshevism
ˈbɒlʃɪvɪzəm
civism
ˈsɪvɪzəm
cognitivism
ˈkɒɡnɪtɪˌvɪzəm
collectivism
kəˈlɛktɪˌvɪzəm
constructivism
kənˈstrʌktɪˌvɪzəm
eliminativism
ɪˈlɪmɪnətɪvɪzəm
Fauvism
ˈfəʊvɪzəm
nativism
ˈneɪtɪˌvɪzəm
objectivism
əbˈdʒɛktɪˌvɪzəm
positivism
ˈpɒzɪtɪˌvɪzəm
primitivism
ˈprɪmɪtɪˌvɪzəm
progressivism
prəˈɡrɛsɪvɪzəm
recidivism
rɪˈsɪdɪˌvɪzəm
relativism
ˈrɛlətɪˌvɪzəm
Saivism
ˈsaɪvɪzəm
subjectivism
səbˈdʒɛktɪˌvɪzəm
Vaishnavism
ˈvɪʃnəˌvɪzəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DESTRUCTIVISM

destroyable
destroyer
destroyer escort
destroying angel
destruct
destruct button
destruct mechanism
destructibility
destructible
destruction
destructional
destructionist
destructive
destructive distillation
destructively
destructiveness
destructivist
destructivity
destructo
destructor

WORDS THAT END LIKE DESTRUCTIVISM

clicktivism
corporativism
descriptivism
emotivism
favism
incivism
intuitivism
lactivism
legal positivism
logical positivism
Menshevism
negativism
noncognitivism
nonobjectivism
passivism
perspectivism
prescriptivism
slacktivism
slactivism
Slavism

Synonyms and antonyms of destructivism in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «destructivism» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DESTRUCTIVISM

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

Translator English - Chinese

destructivism
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

destructivismo
570 millions of speakers

English

destructivism
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

destructivism
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

destructivism
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

destructivism
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

destructivism
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

destructivism
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

destructivism
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Destructivism
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

destructivism
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

destructivism
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

destructivism
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Destructivism
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

destructivism
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

destructivism
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

विध्वंस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

destructivism
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

destructivism
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

destructivism
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

destructivism
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Destructivismul
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

destructivism
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

destructivism
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

destructivism
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

destructivism
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of destructivism

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DESTRUCTIVISM»

The term «destructivism» is barely ever used and occupies the 207.801 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DESTRUCTIVISM» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about destructivism

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DESTRUCTIVISM»

Discover the use of destructivism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to destructivism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Theories and Documents of Contemporary Art: A Sourcebook of ...
RAPHAEL MONTANEZ ORTIZ Destructivism: A Manifesto (1962) There are today throughout the world a handful of artists working in a way which is truly unique in art history. Theirs is an art which separates the makers from the unmakers, the ...
Kristine Stiles, Peter Howard Selz, 1996
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Listen, Here, Now!: Argentine Art of the 1960s : Writings of ...
Kemble in turn worked in a collective and ephemeral art mode called Destructivism. In 1961, he and several artists appearing on his invitation presented a collective experimental action at the Galeria Lirolay. The space contained umbrellas, ...
Inés Katzenstein, 2004
3
The Animal Part: Human and Other Animals in the Poetic ...
Destructivism” names the pattern of human behavior that begins as a feeling of homelessness, then turns to wandering, resentment of the natural world expressed as inorganicism (“Colonnades of rigorous Americanism”), and, finally, an urge ...
Mark Payne, 2010
4
Be Afra
Destructivism. Every vibration has positive (that is constructive) aspect, negative ( lukewarm) aspect and reverse (destructive) aspect. We choose the aspect we want to manifest, as we choose so we become, what we become influences what  ...
Oladipo G. B. Ogunseitan, 2010
5
As We Sow: Why the Great Divide
'Non-Objectivism,' 'Minimialism,' 'Constructivism,' the prevailing art movements today, are driven by today's mass-markets, paralleling movements in economics such as — 'The Game Theory,' 'Trickle down,' and 'Creative Destructivism.
Barry Woods Johnston, 2012
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Medieval Mereology
8.4321 First Counter-reply to the Destructivism of [8.4320] The last-described situation may be put out of court (it is now claimed) by considering the classification, relatively to pre-theoretical modes, of the various stages of the process being ...
Desmond Paul Henry, 1991
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The Philosophy of the Austrian School
Divided into fiveparts– dealing withthe relation between liberalism andsocialism, theeconomy of asocialist community, the presumedinevitability ofsocialism, socialism as a moralimperative and destructivism–this monumumentalwork fully ...
Raimondo Cubeddu, 2005
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100 Artists' Manifestos: From the Futurists to the Stuckists
In this remarkable collection of 100 manifestos from the last 100 years, Alex Danchev presents the cacophony of voices of such diverse movements as Futurism, Dadaism, Surrealism, Feminism, Communism, Destructivism, Vorticism, Stridentism, ...
Alex Danchev, 2011
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The Virginia Quarterly Review
They may be summed up, for want of a better name, under the general term "the spirit of destructivism" of our day. This spirit which responds so eagerly to that insinuating dual urge — selfishness and egotism — may be found in almost every ...
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100 Artists' Manifestos: From the Futurists to the Stuckists
In this remarkable collection of 100 manifestos from the last 100 years, Alex Danchev presents the cacophony of voices of such diverse movements as Futurism, Dadaism, Surrealism, Feminism, Communism, Destructivism, Vorticism, Stridentism, ...
‎2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DESTRUCTIVISM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term destructivism is used in the context of the following news items.
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Galleries: A look back at art of destruction
In its heyday, the 1960s, destructivism claimed an international, if fluid, roster of artists - Robert Rauschenberg, Nam June Paik, Yoko Ono, and ... «Philly.com, Apr 15»
2
Exploring the Roots of Anti-Democratic Attitudes in China
... as revealed in the Wild West of San Francisco's Chinatown — that he coined a new term, "destructivism." It would be necessary to destroy old ... «STRATFOR, Mar 15»
3
Y a mi, qué? Who Does the Civil Rights Movement Belong To?
Montañez-Ortiz is a conceptual, multimedia artist prominent within the destructivism art movement, and notable for his founding, in 1969, of El ... «Huffington Post, May 14»
4
Tate's brave new exhibition traces a long history of iconoclasm
Surely any piano was a candidate for destruction, given Ortíz's statement in his second “destructivism” manifesto of 1966 that “Destruction is ... «New Statesman, Oct 13»
5
Q. and A.: Orville Schell and John Delury on China's Quest for …
In Liang's case, however, his ideas about the need for a “new citizen,” the constructive value of what he called “destructivism,” and the need for ... «New York Times, Jul 13»
6
The Post-Self-Destructivism of Judith Butler
In 1938, shortly after philosopher Martin Buber, formerly of the University of Frankfurt, came to Israel to teach at Hebrew University, a reporter ... «Wall Street Journal, Sep 12»
7
Christ, father is the meaning of my life to kill all Muslims?
“Without irony, this life would hardly be worth living.” Roland Michel Tremblay. http://www.themarginal.com/destructivism.pdf. Permalink ... «The People's Voice, May 09»
8
Is money the root to all evil?
This article is an excerpt of the book "Destructivism, The Path to Self-Destruction", written by Roland Michel Tremblay. It is available online for ... «OpEdNews, Oct 08»
9
The walls will come down at El Museo del Barrio
Montañez Ortiz, an artist known for his ceremonial destructivism performances in which, for example, he smashes pianos to pieces, plans to do ... «New York Daily News, May 08»
10
Alannah Currie: From 1980s synth-pop to 'armchair destructivist'
According to the principles of armchair destructivism, the dead animals' function is to unsettle the familiar association of furniture with relaxation ... «Independent, Apr 08»

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