horror vacui (English, noun)
expansion: horror vacui (uncountable)
Senses:
topics: sciences
glosses: The Aristotelian principle that there are no vacuums in nature.
tags: historical
uncountable
glosses: The abhorrence of a vacuum; the general tendency to dislike empty space.
tags: uncountable
topics: art
arts
glosses: In particular, the tendency of an artist (or of art) to fill an entire surface with detail, leaving no blank space.
tags: uncountable
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