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postimpressionism

postimpressionism noun: a genre of painting that rejected the naturalism of impressionism, using colour and form in more expressive manners.

Noun

postimpressionism (uncountable)

  1. A genre of painting that rejected the naturalism of impressionism, using colour and form in more expressive manners.

postimpressionism meaning in Tamil

postimpressionism in Tamil

அகவாய்மைப் பண்போவிய முறை

Forms of postimpressionism

alternative formpost-impressionism

Origin of postimpressionism

From post- + impressionism. Coined by English artist and art critic Roger Fry to describe the (mostly French) art presented in an exhibition at the London Grafton Galleries in 1910.

Words formed from postimpressionism

Questions about postimpressionism

What does postimpressionism mean?
Postimpressionism means a genre of painting that rejected the naturalism of impressionism, using colour and form in more expressive manners.
What is postimpressionism in Tamil?
Postimpressionism in Tamil is அகவாய்மைப் பண்போவிய முறை. See Postimpressionism meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is postimpressionism?
Postimpressionism is a noun.

Words near postimpressionism in the dictionary

  1. postimperative
  2. postimperial
  3. postimplant
  4. postimplantation
  5. postimplementation
  6. postimpressionism
  7. postimpressionist
  8. postimpressionistic
  9. postimpressionists
  10. postimprovement
  11. postimputation

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Adapted from Wiktionary: postimpressionism (page history and authors); postimpressionism (Tamil 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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