illusionismn.
/ɪˈl(j)uːʒn̩ɪz(ə)m/, /ɪˈl(j)uːʒənɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ᵻˈluʒəˌnɪzəm/ 1. Theory or doctrine pertaining to or dealing with illusions; the theory that the material world is an illusion.
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the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > subjectivism > [noun] > illusionism and its adherents
illusionism1843
illusionist1843
the argument from illusion1932
1843 Foreign Q. Rev. 2 351 From illusionism (the theory of Bishop Berkeley) to mysticism.
1882 Athenæum 14 Jan. 51/3 It contains what profess to be adequate analyses of..the ‘akosmism of Brahmanism’ and the ‘absolute illusionism of Buddhism’.
2. The use of illusionary effects in art or sculpture.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > period, movement, or school of art > late 19th and 20th centuries > [noun] > illusionism
illusionism1951
1951 M. L. Wolf Dict. Arts 345/2 Illusionism, the effort in painting or sculpture to create as nearly as possible an illusion of visual reality.
1960 Guardian 21 Sept. 7/1 Pictures that vary in mood between the poetry of a fantasist and the illusionism of a surrealist.
1961 M. Levy Studio Dict. Art Terms 62 Illusionism, the practice of Trompe L'Oeil painting.
1962 Times 6 Apr. 17/3 It [sc. the attitude and style of pop-art] is a gaudy glamorization of its subject which deliberately crashes its visual gears from abstract pattern right through to trompe-l'oeil illusionism.
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