English
featurism
From feature + -ism, coined by Australian architect Robin Boyd in his book The Australian Ugliness (1960).
Formed from feature + -ism
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ‘to do’
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Latin factūra
Old French faiture
Anglo-Norman feture
Middle English feture ‘form, bodily profile’
English feature
The story
From feature + -ism, coined by Australian architect Robin Boyd in his book The Australian Ugliness (1960).
Today it means
noun A form of architectural design based around certain accentuated features.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / featurism