Usually means: Painting technique using tiny dots.
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We found 24 dictionaries that define the word pointillism:

General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. pointillism: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. pointillism: Merriam-Webster
  3. pointillism: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. pointillism: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. pointillism: Collins English Dictionary
  6. pointillism: Vocabulary.com
  7. Pointillism, pointillism: Wordnik
  8. Pointillism, pointillism: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. pointillism: Wiktionary
  10. pointillism: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. pointillism: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. pointillism: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Pointillism, pointillism: Dictionary.com
  14. pointillism: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. Pointillism (music), Pointillism: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. pointillism: Rhymezone
  17. pointillism: FreeDictionary.org
  18. pointillism: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  19. pointillism: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. pointillism: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pointillism: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pointillism: Encyclopedia

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▸ noun:  (art) The use of many small areas of color to construct an image.

Similar:
pointillé, dot painting, colour field painting, watercolour, light painting, pastel, action painting, sandpainting, glass painting, painting, more...

Opposite:
impressionism, realism, expressionism

Adjectives:
musical, literary, scientific, webern, historical
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Similar:
pointillé, dot painting, colour field painting, watercolour, light painting, pastel, action painting, sandpainting, glass painting, painting, more...

Opposite:
impressionism, realism, expressionism

Adjectives:
musical, literary, scientific, webern, historical



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