Meaning & use
Experimentalism
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A style, philosophy, or practice that favors experimentation and innovation, especially in art, literature, music, or science.
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The gallery's new exhibit celebrates decades of experimentalism in abstract art.
The band's early experimentalism gave way to a more mainstream sound.
A note on using this word
The term is used across many fields, from philosophy of science to the arts, wherever deliberate trial-and-error innovation is valued.
Words with a similar meaning
innovationavant-gardism
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Words with an opposite meaning
traditionalismconventionalism
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