Post-Impressionism

[pohst-im-presh-uh-niz-uhm] Origin

Post-Im·pres·sion·ism

[pohst-im-presh-uh-niz-uhm]
noun
a varied development of Impressionism by a group of painters chiefly between 1880 and 1900 stressing formal structure, as with Cézanne and Seurat, or the expressive possibilities of form and color, as with Van Gogh and Gauguin.
Also, post-im·pres·sion·ism.


Origin:
1905–10; post- + Impressionism

Post-Im·pres·sion·ist, adjective, noun
Post-Im·pres·sion·is·tic, adjective
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Post-impressionism has a plethora of syllables.
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a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S.
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post-impressionism
1910, from post- + impressionism (see impressionist).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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