Usually means: Artistic style distorting reality emotionally.
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  1. expressionism: Merriam-Webster
  2. expressionism: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. expressionism: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. expressionism: Collins English Dictionary
  5. expressionism: Vocabulary.com
  6. Expressionism, expressionism: Wordnik
  7. Expressionism, expressionism: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. expressionism: Wiktionary
  9. expressionism: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. expressionism: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. Expressionism: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. expressionism: Dictionary.com
  13. Expressionism (architecture), Expressionism (film), Expressionism (music), Expressionism (theatre): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. expressionism: Rhymezone
  15. expressionism: FreeDictionary.org
  16. expressionism: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. expressionism: TheFreeDictionary.com
  18. Expressionism: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  19. expressionism: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. Expressionism, expressionism: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology
  2. Technical Glossary of Theatre Terms (No longer online)
  3. The Ism Book (No longer online)
  4. Expressionism: art glossary

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  1. Expressionism (art), expressionism: Encyclopedia

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  1. FOLDOP - Free On Line Dictionary Of Philosophy (No longer online)

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  1. Expressionism: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (expressionism)

▸ noun:  A movement in the arts in which the artist did not depict objective reality, but rather a subjective expression of their inner experiences
▸ noun:  A somewhat analogous genre in early 20th century music

Similar:
Abstract Expressionism, transpressionism, subrealism, impressionism, irrealism, Techspressionism, op art, surrealism, action, evocationism, more...

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impressionism, realism, formalism, classicism

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Abstract Expressionism, German Expressionism, supra expressionism, neo expressionism, new expressionism, more...

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Similar:
Abstract Expressionism, transpressionism, subrealism, impressionism, irrealism, Techspressionism, op art, surrealism, action, evocationism, more...

Opposite:
impressionism, realism, formalism, classicism

Phrases:
Abstract Expressionism, German Expressionism, supra expressionism, neo expressionism, new expressionism, Brick Expressionism, more...

Adjectives:
abstract, german, neo, early, literary, american, modern, romantic, musical, european, dramatic

Colors:
    crimson,     vermilion,     cobalt blue,     cadmium yellow,     ultramarine, more...



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