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noun
1.
Fine Arts.
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b.
a style of art developed in the 20th century, characterized chiefly by heavy, often black lines that define forms, sharply contrasting, often vivid colors, and subjective or symbolic treatment of thematic material.
2.
(often lowercase) Theater. a style of playwriting and stage presentation stressing the emotional content of a play, the subjective reactions of the characters, symbolic or abstract representations of reality, and nonnaturalistic techniques of scenic design.
3.
Literature. a technique of distorting objects and events in order to represent them as they are perceived by a character in a literary work.
4.
(usually lowercase) a phase in the development of early 20th-century music marked by the use of atonality and complex, unconventional rhythm, melody, and form, intended to express the composer's psychological and emotional life.
Related forms
Ex·pres·sion·ist, noun, adjective
Ex·pres·sion·is·tic, adjective
Ex·pres·sion·is·ti·cal·ly, adverb
an·ti·ex·pres·sion·ism, noun
an·ti·ex·pres·sion·ist, noun, adjective
EXPANDan·ti·ex·pres·sion·is·tic, adjective
non·ex·pres·sion·is·tic, adjective
sem·i·ex·pres·sion·is·tic, adjective
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expressionist
an artist who seeks to portray the emotional effect of the subject, first recorded 1850, from expression. First record of expressionism in this sense is from 1908.
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