nonrepresentational

nonrepresentational
nonrepresentationalism, n.nonrepresentationalist, n.
/non'rep ri zen tay"sheuh nl/, adj.
not resembling or portraying any object in physical nature: a nonrepresentational painting.
[1920-25; NON- + REPRESENTATIONAL]

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