conceptualist

noun

con·​cep·​tu·​al·​ist kən-ˈsep-chə-wə-list How to pronounce conceptualist (audio)
-chü-ə-,
-chə-list,
-shwə-list
: an adherent to the tenets of conceptualism or of conceptual art

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Composers Collective Known for his work as a bandleader, Chicago-reared, New York trumpeter Marquis Hill has assembled a collective quintet featuring leading conceptualists like vibraphonist Joel Ross and drummer Makaya McCraven, who both spent formative years in Hill’s Blacktet. Andrew Gilbert, The Mercury News, 24 Sep. 2024 Trained in traditional art-making approaches from high school through college at Jersey City State College (now New Jersey City University) and graduate school at the Rochester Institute of Technology, Gaines was inspired by the minimalist and early conceptualists of the 1960s. Adam Bradley, New York Times, 16 May 2024 Einstürzende Neubauten have always been expert conceptualists — true artists who create works meant to be interpreted and felt more than to be intellectualized. Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 8 Apr. 2024 Instead, the gallery has nurtured a new generation of West Coast conceptualists who apply the philosophical rigor and satirical swagger of the 1960s and ’70s to contemporary issues like marginalization and decolonization. Zachary Small, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2024 See all Example Sentences for conceptualist 

Word History

First Known Use

1785, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of conceptualist was in 1785

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“Conceptualist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/conceptualist. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.

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