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expressionism

/ɛksˈpɹɛˈʃən.ɪzm/

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

expressionism (countable and uncountable, plural expressionisms)

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

expressionism meaning in Hindi, Kannada, Nepali and Arabic

expressionism in Hindi

expressionism
अभिव्यंजनावाद abhivyañjnāvād

expressionism in Kannada

ಅಭಿವ್ಯಕ್ತ ವಾದ, ಆತ್ಮಾಭಿವ್ಯಕ್ತ ವಾದ

expressionism in Nepali

movement in the arts
अभिव्यक्तिवाद abhivyaktivād

expressionism in Arabic

movement in the arts
تَعْبِيرِيَّة taʕbīriyya

Forms of expressionism

pluralexpressionisms

Origin of expressionism

Borrowed from French expressionnisme, equivalent to expression + -ism.

Words formed from expressionism

Questions about expressionism

What does expressionism mean?
Expressionism means a movement in the arts in which the artist did not depict objective reality, but rather a subjective expression of their inner experiences.
What is expressionism in Hindi?
Expressionism in Hindi is अभिव्यंजनावाद (abhivyañjnāvād). See Expressionism meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is expressionism?
Expressionism is a noun.
How do you pronounce expressionism?
Expressionism is pronounced /ɛksˈpɹɛˈʃən.ɪzm/ (US).
What is the plural of expressionism?
The plural of expressionism is expressionisms.

Words near expressionism in the dictionary

  1. expression templates
  2. expressional
  3. expressional freedom
  4. expressionally
  5. expressionful
  6. expressionism
  7. expressionisms
  8. expressionist
  9. expressionistic
  10. expressionistically
  11. expressionists

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: expressionism (page history and authors); अभिव्यंजनावाद (Hindi) (page history and authors); expressionism (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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