concretism
/ˈkɑŋkrəˌtɪzəm/
noun
- An artistic or literary movement that emphasizes concrete, physical forms and materials over abstract ideas.
- Many Brazilian poets of the 1950s were influenced by concretism.
- Concretism in poetry focuses on the visual arrangement of words on the page.
- The gallery featured a collection of sculptures that exemplified concretism.
- A philosophical approach that treats abstract concepts as if they were physical objects.
- His concretism led him to argue that numbers exist as real things in the world.
- The philosopher's concretism was criticized for oversimplifying complex ideas.
- In psychology, concretism can refer to thinking that is overly literal and tied to physical objects.
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