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Expressionism

//ɛksˈpɹɛˈʃən.ɪzm// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A movement in the arts in which the artist did not depict objective reality, but rather a subjective expression of their inner experiences. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    an art movement early in the 20th century; the artist's subjective expression of inner experiences was emphasized; an inner feeling was expressed through a distorted rendition of reality wordnet
  3. 3
    A somewhat analogous genre in early 20th century music. countable, uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from French expressionnisme, equivalent to expression + -ism.

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