expressionism

E e

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- \ik-ˈspre-shə-ˌni-zəm\
- /ɪkˈspreʃ.ən.ɪ.zəm/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- \ik-ˈspre-shə-ˌni-zəm\

Definitions of expressionism word

noun expressionism A style of painting, music, or drama in which the artist or writer seeks to express emotional experience rather than impressions of the external world. 1
noun expressionism 20th-century modern art movement 1
uncountable noun expressionism Expressionism is a style of art, literature, and music which uses symbols and exaggeration to represent emotions, rather than representing physical reality. 0
noun expressionism an artistic and literary movement originating in Germany at the beginning of the 20th century, which sought to express emotions rather than to represent external reality: characterized by the use of symbolism and of exaggeration and distortion 0
noun expressionism an early 20th-cent. movement in art, literature, and drama, characterized by distortion of reality and the use of symbols, stylization, etc. to give objective expression to inner experience 0
noun expressionism A movement in the arts in which the artist did not depict objective reality, but rather a subjective expression of their inner experiences. 0

See all 7 definitions of expressionism

Information block about the term

Parts of speech for Expressionism

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Expressionism

expressionism popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 55% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

expressionism usage trend in Literature

This diagram is provided by Google Ngram Viewer

Matching words

Was this page helpful?

Yes No

Thank you for your feedback! Tell your friends about this page

Tell us why?