serialism

[ seer-ee-uh-liz-uh m ]
/ ˈsɪər i əˌlɪz əm /

noun

twelve-tone technique.

Origin of serialism

First recorded in 1960–65; serial + -ism

OTHER WORDS FROM serialism

se·ri·al·ist, noun

Words nearby serialism

serial processing, serial radiography, serial rights, serial section, serial-access, serialism, serialize, seriate, seriatim, seriation, seric-

British Dictionary definitions for serialism

serialism
/ (ˈsɪərɪəˌlɪzəm) /

noun

(in 20th-century music) the use of a sequence of notes in a definite order as a thematic basis for a composition and a source from which the musical material is derived See also twelve-tone