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kineticism en · NOUN

Etymology

* From kinetic + -ism

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) Kinetic art.
2. (uncountable, usually) Energetic movement, particularly applied to any visual arts.
   • In his heyday (the late 1960s and '70s) Mr. [Ben] Vereen reigned as Broadway's heir to Sammy Davis Jr. Even at the peak of his career he lacked his idol's cyclonic kineticism. 2007 February 8, Stephen Holden, “A big, heartfelt serving of the old razzle-dazzle”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 05 Jun 2015:
   • And it's probably not a coincidence that the time they evoke was also the beginning of the heyday of Asian commercial cinema, when directors like Tsui Hark and John Woo were reinvigorating moribund movie genres with wild kineticism and an almost insolent indifference to the niceties of narrative logic. 2008 August 24, Terrence Rafferty, “Images With impact, and with a debt to the late 1980s”, in The New York Times:
   • The usual Sorkinian rhythms – walk and talk; stand and shout; quip and parry – are sped up and syncopated by Mr. Boyle's tireless kineticism. 2015 October 8, A[nthony] O[liver] Scott, “Review: 'Steve Jobs,' Apple's visionary C.E.O. dissected [print version: Apple's visionary C.E.O. is dissected, International New York Times, 13 October 2015, page 9]”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 09 Oct 2015:

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