experimentalism
noun
ex·per·i·men·tal·ism
ik-ˌsper-ə-ˈmen-tə-ˌli-zəm 
also -ˌspir-
: reliance on or advocacy of experimental or empirical principles and procedures
specifically
: instrumentalism
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Written with intent and momentum, both musical and liberatory, pink balloons rips through snarling punk and eerie experimentalism to forge a better world.
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Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 4 Dec. 2024
But the most effective expression of the film’s futurism isn’t in the dialogue so much as in Coppola’s filmmaking and technical experimentalism.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2024
The projects that tend to do best are either straight-ahead rock or hard-to-categorize experimentalism: As examples, Rosalia’s Motomami took the prize in 2023, while Juanes and Natalia Lafourcade shared the award in an unexpected tie last year.
—Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2024
Forensic analysis aside, the album is still great, ranging from sweetness and playfulness to dark menace, from vintage soul to dark experimentalism.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 14 May 2024
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Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 4 Dec. 2024
But the most effective expression of the film’s futurism isn’t in the dialogue so much as in Coppola’s filmmaking and technical experimentalism.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2024
The projects that tend to do best are either straight-ahead rock or hard-to-categorize experimentalism: As examples, Rosalia’s Motomami took the prize in 2023, while Juanes and Natalia Lafourcade shared the award in an unexpected tie last year.
—Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2024
Forensic analysis aside, the album is still great, ranging from sweetness and playfulness to dark menace, from vintage soul to dark experimentalism.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 14 May 2024
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“Experimentalism.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/experimentalism. Accessed 24 Dec. 2024.
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