antiform

English

Etymology

From anti- ‎ form.

Noun

antiform (plural antiforms)

1. (geology) A topographic feature which is composed of sedimentary layers in a convex formation, but may not actually form a real anticline (i.e., the oldest rocks may not be exposed in the middle).
2. (art) A form that defies the usual conventions of artistic forms.
   • 1983, Edith Kurzweil, William Phillips, Writers and Politics: A Partisan Review Reader, page 236:

     Dada forms and antiforms were used as a means of reacting against Abstract Expressionism and abstract art generally […]

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “geology”): synform

Hyponyms

• (geology): anticline

Derived terms

• antiformal

 

Translations

sedimentary layers in a convex formation

• Portuguese: antiforma f

a form that defies the usual conventions of artistic forms

• Portuguese: antiforma f

Anagrams

• Fairmont, natiform