horror vacui
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Etymology
From Latin horror vacuī (“fear of empty space”), from horror (“horror, fear”) + vacuum (“vacuum”).
Noun
horror vacui (uncountable)
- (historical, sciences) The Aristotelian principle that there are no vacuums in nature.
- The abhorrence of a vacuum; the general tendency to dislike empty space.
- 1991, Kant: Political Writings, →ISBN, page 212:
- It is merely the horror vacui of human reason in general which leads it to recoil when it comes across an idea about which no thought is possible, […]
- (art) In particular, the tendency of an artist (or of art) to fill an entire surface with detail, leaving no blank space.
- The “Where's Wally?” series exhibits horror vacui.
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horror vacui on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - horror vacui (physics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Noun
horror vacui m (uncountable)
- horror vacui (tendency to dislike empty space)
- (art) horror vacui (tendency of an artist to fill an entire surface with detail)
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