nonrepresentational

Questions about nonrepresentational

What does nonrepresentational mean?

nonrepresentational means "of or relating to a style of art in which objects do not resemble those known in physical nature".

How many syllables are in nonrepresentational?

nonrepresentational has 8 syllables and divides as non-re-pre-sen-ta-ti-o-nal under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is the opposite of nonrepresentational?

The recorded antonyms are representational.

Is nonrepresentational a common word?

nonrepresentational is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for nonrepresentational come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.