divisionism

[ dih-vizh-uh-niz-uhm ]

noun

, (sometimes initial capital letter)

1. pointillism.

divisionism

/ dɪˈvɪʒəˌnɪzəm /

noun

1. the pointillism of Seurat and his followers

Derived Forms

• diˈvisionist, nounadjective

Other Words From

• di·vision·ist noun adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of divisionism¹

First recorded in 1900–05; division + -ism

Example Sentences

There is an unmistakable whiff of impressionism about “Victory Boogie-Woogie,” and not just in its evocative representation of the rhythms of city life; the very unit of color recalls the divisionism of Mondrian’s early Post-Impressionist works, such as “Sun, Church in Zeeland” and his first playful forays into geometrical abstraction, including the 1916 “Composition,” at the Guggenheim.

From The New Yorker

Laws against “ethnic divisionism” and “genocide ideology” have been used to jail Kagame’s political opponents as well.

From Washington Post

But written out of that story entirely is Rwanda’s third and smallest ethnic group, the Twa, who were killed in even greater proportion than the Tutsi during the genocide, and who cannot commemorate their dead because they fear being arrested for “ethnic divisionism.”

From Washington Post

Maduro said this week, exulting in the opposition’s “chaos”, “back-stabbing” and “divisionism”.

From Reuters

Maduro said this week, exulting in the opposition’s “chaos”, “back-stabbing” and “divisionism”.

From Reuters