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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A branch of neoimpressionism in which colors are divided into their components and mechanically arranged so that the eye organizes the shape.
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- noun In art, the use of small areas of
color to construct an image.
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Examples
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It is not hard to fathom why Rwanda, still not fully healed from an ethnic slaughter that was egged on by radio zealots, would look for ways to regulate what it calls "divisionism" in the media.
NYT > Home Page By BILL KELLER 2011
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It is not hard to fathom why Rwanda, still not fully healed from an ethnic slaughter that was egged on by radio zealots, would look for ways to regulate what it calls "divisionism" in the media.
NYT > Global Home By BILL KELLER 2011
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It is not hard to fathom why Rwanda, still not fully healed from an ethnic slaughter that was egged on by radio zealots, would look for ways to regulate what it calls "divisionism" in the media.
NYT > Home Page By BILL KELLER 2011
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It is not hard to fathom why Rwanda, still not fully healed from an ethnic slaughter that was egged on by radio zealots, would look for ways to regulate what it calls "divisionism" in the media.
NYT > Home Page By BILL KELLER 2011
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April and charged with collaboration with armed groups, genocide denial and "divisionism" - charges she denies.
INTER PRESS SERVICE ,Zack Baddorf 2010
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It is also called divisionism or neoimpressionism.
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It is also called divisionism or neoimpressionism.
Archive 2009-07-01 2009
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As the election in 2003 approached, Mr. Kagame's main rival was accused of "divisionism," or advocating one ethnicity over another.
Land That Outlawed Hate On Edge as Key Vote Nears Sarah Childress 2010
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As the election in 2003 approached, Mr. Kagame's main rival was accused of "divisionism," or advocating one ethnicity over another.
Land That Outlawed Hate On Edge as Key Vote Nears Sarah Childress 2010
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The incumbent Kagame, 46, campaigned on a theme of national unity, while his main rival Faustin Twagiramungu, from the Hutu majority, was accused of ethnic "divisionism", a serious accusation in country still traumatised by the legacy of its genocide.
ruzuzu commented on the word divisionism
Cf. pointillism.
September 14, 2010