cubism

1. (often capitalized) An artistic movement in the early 20th Century characterized by the depiction of natural forms as geometric structures of planes.Examples: "Matisse coined the name Cubism as a derisive joke."; "A few recall that, in 1908, he [Matisse] inspired the coinage of the term “cubism,” in disparagement of a movement that would eclipse his leading influence on the Parisian avant-garde."capitalizedcountableoftenuncountable