'expressionism' definitions:
Definition of 'expressionism'
(from WordNet)
noun
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
Definition of 'expressionism'
From: GCIDE
- expressionism \expressionism\ n.
- 1. an art movement early in the 20th century; the artist's subjective expression of inner experiences was emphasized. [WordNet 1.5]
- 2. a genre of German painting that tried to show the subjective responses to scenes rather than the scenes themselves. [WordNet 1.5] expressionist
Synonyms of 'expressionism'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abstractionism,
- coloring,
- deformation,
- distortion,
- exaggeration,
- false coloring,
- falsification,
- garbling,
- hyperbole,
- inaccuracy,
- injustice,
- litotes,
- miscoloring,
- misdrawing,
- mispainting,
- misquotation,
- misreport,
- misrepresentation,
- misstatement,
- misteaching,
- nonrealism,
- overdrawing,
- overstatement,
- perversion,
- slanting,
- twisting,
- understatement