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figuration

[fig-yuh-ray-shuhn] / ˌfɪg jəˈreɪ ʃən /
NOUN
shape
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Moreover, one reason for all the imagining from without is the paucity of figuration from within Sunni Islam.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

He dabbled with Fauvism, Austrian Expressionism and Post-Impressionism, but like so many who experiment, these tastes gave way to the hard stuff: Abstract Expressionism and Francis Bacon-inspired figuration.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

His sculptures from this time look like whimsical industrial castoffs or colorful yet mangled theatrical masks, toeing the line between objects and bodies, abstraction and figuration.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2023

Her gestures, like the schematic flowers that let her claim a toehold in figuration, are always distinctly efficient.

From New York Times ● Jun. 1, 2023

Tevishis-Will, or where rupa or body of desire, a sentient consciousness is principle defining the con- formed, also fore-knowledge. figuration of— 5.

From Five Years of Theosophy by Various


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