Definitions for Orphism

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Orphism Or·phism

Spelling: [awr-fiz-uh m]

IPA: /ˈɔr fɪz əm/

Orphism is a 7 letter English word.

You can make 190 anagrams from letters in Orphism (himoprs).

Definitions for Orphism

noun

1. the religious or philosophical system of the Orphic school.
2. (often lowercase). Also called orphic cubism. Fine Arts. a short-lived but influential artistic movement of the early 20th century arising from analytic cubism and the work of Robert Delaunay and having as conspicuous characteristics the use of bold color, the dynamic, prismatic juxtaposition and overlapping of nonobjective geometric forms and planes, and a lightness and lyricism dissociated from its cubist origins.

Origin of Orphism

(def 2) French orphisme, equivalent to Orph(ée) Orpheus + -isme -ism; term introduced by G. Apollinaire c1913

Examples for Orphism

But Orphism, though liable to degradation, purified and elevated the old Bacchic rites.

Epimenides must be reckoned with Melampus and Onomacritus as one of the founders of Orphism.

Orphism though of foreign origin became a genuine Greek religion, and was the last.

Orphism may very possibly represent an ancient Cretan religion in clash or fusion with one from Thrace.

Orphism and the Mysteries had attempted the same thing in the Grecian world without achieving a lasting success.

But Orphism was also connected with Crete, and Cretan civilization had oriental affinities.

Orphism took up the beliefs of paganism, and adapted them to its own ends.

Orphism is especially important because it taught men to expect in the future life not only rewards but also punishments.