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I was a student at Harvard, and that's where I learned about so-called avant-garde music. Jackson Pollock, abstract expressionism and painting were well known at this time.
Henry Flynt

Meaning of "expressionism" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF EXPRESSIONISM

expressionism  [ɪkˈsprɛʃəˌnɪzəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EXPRESSIONISM

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Expressionism is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES EXPRESSIONISM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Expressionism

Expressionism was a modernist movement, initially in poetry and painting, originating in Germany at the beginning of the 20th century. Its typical trait is to present the world solely from a subjective perspective, distorting it radically for emotional effect in order to evoke moods or ideas. Expressionist artists sought to express meaning or emotional experience rather than physical reality. Expressionism was developed as an avant-garde style before the First World War. It remained popular during the Weimar Republic, particularly in Berlin. The style extended to a wide range of the arts, including expressionist architecture, painting, literature, theatre, dance, film and music. The term is sometimes suggestive of angst. In a general sense, painters such as Matthias Grünewald and El Greco are sometimes termed expressionist, though in practice the term is applied mainly to 20th-century works. The Expressionist emphasis on individual perspective has been characterized as a reaction to positivism and other artistic styles such as Naturalism and Impressionism.

Definition of expressionism in the English dictionary

The definition of expressionism in the dictionary is 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.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EXPRESSIONISM


Anglicanism
ˈæŋɡlɪkəˌnɪzəm
antagonism
ænˈtæɡəˌnɪzəm
creationism
kriːˈeɪʃəˌnɪzəm
exhibitionism
ˌɛksɪˈbɪʃəˌnɪzəm
expansionism
ɪkˈspænʃəˌnɪzəm
hedonism
ˈhiːdəˌnɪzəm
humanism
ˈhjuːməˌnɪzəm
humanitarianism
hjuːˌmænɪˈtɛərɪəˌnɪzəm
impressionism
ɪmˈprɛʃəˌnɪzəm
isolationism
ˌaɪsəˈleɪʃəˌnɪzəm
mechanism
ˈmɛkəˌnɪzəm
microorganism
ˌmaɪkrəʊˈɔːɡəˌnɪzəm
modernism
ˈmɒdəˌnɪzəm
organism
ˈɔːɡəˌnɪzəm
reductionism
rɪˈdʌkʃəˌnɪzəm
Satanism
ˈseɪtəˌnɪzəm
shamanism
ˈʃæməˌnɪzəm
urbanism
ˈɜːbəˌnɪzəm
vegetarianism
ˌvɛdʒɪˈtɛərɪəˌnɪzəm
Zionism
ˈzaɪəˌnɪzəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EXPRESSIONISM

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WORDS THAT END LIKE EXPRESSIONISM

abolitionism
abstract expressionism
aldosteronism
anachronism
connectionism
constructionism
evolutionism
feminism
interactionism
interventionism
monism
Mormonism
obstructionism
Parkinsonism
perfectionism
protectionism
revisionism
synchronism
tectonism
trade unionism
unionism

Synonyms and antonyms of expressionism in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «expressionism» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EXPRESSIONISM

Find out the translation of expressionism to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of expressionism from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «expressionism» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

表现
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

expresionismo
570 millions of speakers

English

expressionism
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

इक्सप्रेस्सियुनिज़म
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التعبيرية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

экспрессионизм
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

expressionismo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অভিব্যক্তিবাদ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

expressionnisme
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ekspresionisme
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Expressionismus
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

表現主義
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

표현주의
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ekspresionisme
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

biểu thị
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வெளிப்பாட்டுத்தன்மையின்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अभिव्यक्तीवाद
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ekspresyonizm
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

espressionismo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ekspresjonizm
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

експресіонізм
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

expresionism
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εξπρεσιονισμός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ekspressionisme
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

EXPRESSION
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ekspresjonisme
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of expressionism

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EXPRESSIONISM»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about expressionism

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3 QUOTES WITH «EXPRESSIONISM»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word expressionism.
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Tobin Bell
If you're an impressionistic painter and you want to paint expressionism, you've got to change. You've got to figure out a way to do it and do it. If you've been playing jazz all your life and you want to start to play rock n' roll, blues, then do it.
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Lupe Fiasco
Reggae, oh man. It's the ultimate music. The positivity. The musicality. The whole cultural expressionism of it. The danceability. Just the cool factor. The melody factor. Some of it comes from a religious place. If there were a competition of who makes the best religious music, it would definitely be the Rastafarian reggae.
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Henry Flynt
I was a student at Harvard, and that's where I learned about so-called avant-garde music. Jackson Pollock, abstract expressionism and painting were well known at this time.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EXPRESSIONISM»

Discover the use of expressionism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to expressionism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Expressionism
This reference collection invites us to discover the main artistic movements that have left a lasting mark on the Art Century consists of five already published titles - 'Renaissance Art', 'Naive Art', 'Art Nouveau', 'Symbolism' and ...
Ashley Bassie, 2008
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Expressionism
Egon Schiele, Max Beckmann, Paul Klee, and Wassily Kandinsky are among Expressionism's most famous exponents.
Norbert Wolf, Uta Grosenick, 2004
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Modern Drama in Theory and Practice: Volume 3, Expressionism ...
Modern drama in theory and.../J.L.Styan.-v.3.
J. L. Styan, 1983
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Expressionism As an International Literary Phenomenon: ...
These essays call attention to representative authors and artists, as well as to periodicals and artistic circles.
Ulrich Weisstein, 1973
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A Companion to the Literature of German Expressionism
New essays examining the complex period of rich artistic ferment that was German literary Expressionism.
Neil H. Donahue, 2005
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Expressionism and Modernism in the American Theatre: Bodies, ...
Situating expressionism within the context of early twentieth-century American culture, Walker demonstrates how playwrights who wrote in this mode were responding both to new communications technologies and to the perceived threat they ...
Julia A. Walker, 2005
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German Expressionism: The Graphic Impulse
Catalog of an exhibition held at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, Mar. 27-July 11, 2011.
Starr Figura, 2011
8
Expressionism
Primarily concerned with expressionism in architecture.
Tim Benton, Charlotte Benton, Open University, 1975
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The Haunted Screen: Expressionism in the German Cinema and ...
This book demonstrates the connection between German Romanticism and the cinema through Expressionist writings.
Lotte H. Eisner, 2008
10
Expressionism: The Findings of a Man
This book, unveils the emotional experience in the life of a man during a grave despair .Placed in a condition that crushed his dignity by the woman he loved and trusted, and by a system that we all hold as our protector of rights and well ...
Luqman Qadi, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EXPRESSIONISM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term expressionism is used in the context of the following news items.
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Some promise in summer dance sampler
The solo stuff is standard expressionism, but the arrangement of the others shows some promise as they circle the lead and melt into a series of ... «SFGate, Jul 15»
2
Museum & Gallery Listings for July 10-16
14) During the heyday of Abstract Expressionism in the 1950s, a number of painters in San Francisco turned away from abstraction and back to ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
3
Street Sounds: Nina Simone is left to her solitude
Gregory Porter's cover of Sinnerman taps into the abstract expressionism of Simone's style of soul music as does the dreamlike version of I Put ... «Vernon Morning Star, Jul 15»
4
Alejandra Padilla and Chu Teppa Show New Work at Diana …
"The clearest influences are, in fact, abstract expressionism, to achieve the perfect proportions and the color necessary to create the most ... «Miami New Times, Jul 15»
5
Poetry group meets Fridays at Jefferson County Library
"It's the thing William Carlos Williams says – 'no idea but in things,'" said Watson-Gove, who likes "abstract expressionism, the surreal. All over ... «Port Townsend Leader, Jul 15»
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1000 Miles From Normal: The Hairy Who Artists on Their Comic …
Instead, the five artists mentioned a range of influences that included ethnographic and vernacular art, Peter Saul, German Expressionism, ... «ARTnews, Jul 15»
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Sunday Oliseh optimism has no root in rationality
He midwifed the process, blooding in youth and instilling a style based on technical expressionism rather than physical superiority and ... «Goal.com, Jul 15»
8
Lee Wayne Mills art opening set July 10 at Philip Morton Gallery
Mills, well known regionally for his abstract expressionism, shows regularly in Rehoboth at Gallery 50 (sister gallery to Philip Morton Gallery), ... «Cape Gazette, Jul 15»
9
Leonard Lopate Interview Highlights Alumna Agnes Martin's Art and …
Although she identified with Abstract Expressionism, Martin's spare, linear, grid paintings in subtle colors led some critics to characterize her as ... «TC Columbia University, Jul 15»
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Appalachia USA, a photo series on rural mining communities, opens …
... artistically by following his heroes in the genre of abstract expressionism like the painter Willem de Kooning and sculptor John Chamberlain. «YourObserver.com, Jul 15»

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