phytomorphism

English

Etymology

phyto- +‎ -morphism

Noun

phytomorphism (uncountable)

1. To use a plant-centric perspective.
   • 2012, Renato Barilli, The Science of Culture and the Phenomenology of Styles, page 121:

     As for more properly linear components of the composition, we can speak of phytomorphism (or floralism).

   • 2014, Dario Gamboni, Paul Gauguin: The Mysterious Centre of Thought, page 23:

     Among the notable features of this decoration is the treatment of surfaces in flat relief, close to the sculptural form that Gauguin particularly favoured (illus. 33, 96), and 'phytomorphism', meaning the representation of figures and graphic signs in plant form, one aspect of a tendency towards metamorphosis and the permeability of the biological realms.

   • 2020, Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life, page 238:

     Natasha Myers, the anthropologist who introduced the word 'involution' to describe the tendency for organisms to associate with one another, points out that Charles Darwin seemed quite ready to vegetalise himself, to practice 'phytomorphism.