conceptualism
noun/kənˈseptʃuəlɪzəm/
/kənˈseptʃuəlɪzəm/
[uncountable]- (philosophy) the theory that general qualities such as ‘beauty’ and ‘red’ exist only as ideas in the mind
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- (also conceptual art)(art) art in which the idea which the work of art represents is considered to be the most important thing about it
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