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art form definition

art form

  1. a means of creative expression, as poetry, or a specific creative genre, as the sonnet, based on traditional structures, standards, and principles
  2. any activity or medium similarly regarded as a means for the expression of creative impulses or professional expertise diplomacy as an art form

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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