not resembling or portraying any object in physical nature
a nonrepresentational painting
Derived forms
nonrepresentationalism
noun
nonrepresentationalist
noun
Word origin
[1920–25; non- + representational]
Examples of 'nonrepresentational' in a sentence
nonrepresentational
The repetitious signature of electronic music, through its sonic affect, likewise appears to amplify nonrepresentational strategies.
tobias c. van Veen 2013, 'Vessels of Transfer: Allegories of Afrofuturism in Jeff Mills and Janelle Monáe',Dancecult: Journal of Electronic Dance Music Culturehttps://dj.dancecult.net/index.php/dancecult/article/view/393. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)