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expressionism

Pronunciation:  ik'spreshu`nizum

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 Definition: [n]  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
 
 See Also: art movement, artistic movement, neoexpressionism, supra expressionism

 

 

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 Related Terms: 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
 

 

 

 

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