n. A movement in the arts in which the artist did not depict objective reality, but rather a subjective expression of their inner experiences
n. A somewhat analogous genre in early 20th century music
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. an art movement early in the 20th century; the artist's subjective expression of inner experiences was emphasized.
n. a genre of German painting that tried to show the subjective responses to scenes rather than the scenes themselves.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The methods or style of the expressionists.
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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
Word Usage
"A classic piece of abstract expressionism from the Polish state music publisher, who opted for these sorts of far-out covers quite a bit."