symmetrophobian.

/ˌsɪmɪtrəʊˈfəʊbɪə/

Forms: Also symmetriphobia.

Etymology: irregularly < symmetry n. + -o + -phobia comb. form.

Dread or avoidance of symmetry, as shown or supposed to be shown in Egyptian temples, Japanese art, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > misshapenness > [noun] > asymmetry > avoidance of symmetry

symmetrophobia1809

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > style of architecture > [noun] > other styles

transition1730

pasticcio1750

symmetrophobia1809

rococo1835

flamboyantism1846

collegiate Gothic1851

vernacular architecture1857

Neo-Grec1867

modernism1879

wedding-cake1879

Queen Anne1883

Colonial Revival1889

Chicago school1893

Dutch colonial1894

English colonial1894

monumentalism1897

vernacular1910

international style1911

Churrigueresque1913

postmodernism1914

prairie style1914

rationalism1918

lavatory style1919

functionalism1924

Mudéjar1927

façadism1933

open plan1938

Wrenaissance1942

pseudo1945

brutalism1953

open planning1958

neo-Liberty1959

Queen Annery1966

Jugendstil1967

moderne1968

strip architecture1976

high-tech1978

1809 W. R. Hamilton Remarks Turkey i. 131 Another instance of the Symmetrophobia of the architects of antient Egypt is visible in the difference of the spaces between the sphinxes and crio-sphinxes.

1865 J. Fergusson Hist. Archit. I. i. i. iv. 103 The buildings..are..generally affected with a symmetriphobia that it is difficult to understand.

1881 R. S. Poole in Contemp. Rev. Sept. 373 Symmetrophobia, shown in the placing columns of different orders opposite one another, and a colonnade on one side only of a court.

1894 Lockyer Dawn Astron. viii. 75 At Karnak..we can see how closely the walls reflect the orientation of the included temples, even when they seem most liable to the suggestion of symmetrophobia.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	symmetrophobia
释义	symmetrophobian. /ˌsɪmɪtrəʊˈfəʊbɪə/ Forms: Also symmetriphobia. Etymology: irregularly < symmetry n. + -o + -phobia comb. form. Dread or avoidance of symmetry, as shown or supposed to be shown in Egyptian temples, Japanese art, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > misshapenness > [noun] > asymmetry > avoidance of symmetry symmetrophobia1809 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > style of architecture > [noun] > other styles transition1730 pasticcio1750 symmetrophobia1809 rococo1835 flamboyantism1846 collegiate Gothic1851 vernacular architecture1857 Neo-Grec1867 modernism1879 wedding-cake1879 Queen Anne1883 Colonial Revival1889 Chicago school1893 Dutch colonial1894 English colonial1894 monumentalism1897 vernacular1910 international style1911 Churrigueresque1913 postmodernism1914 prairie style1914 rationalism1918 lavatory style1919 functionalism1924 Mudéjar1927 façadism1933 open plan1938 Wrenaissance1942 pseudo1945 brutalism1953 open planning1958 neo-Liberty1959 Queen Annery1966 Jugendstil1967 moderne1968 strip architecture1976 high-tech1978 1809 W. R. Hamilton Remarks Turkey i. 131 Another instance of the Symmetrophobia of the architects of antient Egypt is visible in the difference of the spaces between the sphinxes and crio-sphinxes. 1865 J. Fergusson Hist. Archit. I. i. i. iv. 103 The buildings..are..generally affected with a symmetriphobia that it is difficult to understand. 1881 R. S. Poole in Contemp. Rev. Sept. 373 Symmetrophobia, shown in the placing columns of different orders opposite one another, and a colonnade on one side only of a court. 1894 Lockyer Dawn Astron. viii. 75 At Karnak..we can see how closely the walls reflect the orientation of the included temples, even when they seem most liable to the suggestion of symmetrophobia. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1809
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