Definition of "abstractionist" [ab•strac•tion•ist]

• Related or tending to abstractionism, particularly art. (adjective)
• Someone who supports or creates abstract art. (noun)

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• "“abstractionist” view (following the terminology of Van Inwagen 1986), or “ersatz” view (in the terminology of Lewis 1986) is prima facie committed only to representations, as a modal fictionalist must it seems also be, but the abstractionist is a realist about possible worlds, and thus has prima facie a more straightforward approach than the fictionalist's."
• "In these oils and mixed-media works, depicting nudes, dancers, holidays and fever dreams — and which at times resemble scenes of ritual sacrifice — he thinks like an abstractionist and moves like a contortionist."
• "A John Ferren rug and a diminutive glade of Dorothy Dehner sculptures demonstrate that it was possible to evoke the abstractionist spirit in smalls and works in media other than paint."