rectilinearismn.
/ˌrɛktᵻˈlɪnɪərɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˌrɛktəˈlɪniəˌrɪz(ə)m/ rare.
The tendency to be rectilinear; an instance of this; (figurative) rigidity of outlook or approach.
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the world > space > shape > straightness > [noun] > rectilinear quality > tendency
rectilinearism1854
1854 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 76 539 Brooks and rivers leap and run in courses which please all the more because dissimilar from the rectilinearism of utility.
1956 R. Christophersen tr. S. Tschudi Madsen Sources Art Nouveau 52 All these fluctuating lines constantly meet and are broken by a marked rectilinearism... A great number..of small collisions occur in the constructive rectilinearism and the decoratively undulating Art Nouveau.
1993 Jrnl. Evolutionary Econ. 3 253 One major task of evolutionary theory is the elucidation of the development of socio-cultural frameworks without falling into cultural relativism or rectilinearism.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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