"expressionism" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: expressionisms [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French expressionnisme, equivalent to expression + -ism. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|expressionnisme}} French expressionnisme, {{suffix|en|expression|ism}} expression + -ism Head templates: {{en-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 Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (movement in the arts): ekspressionisme (Afrikaans), تَعْبِيرِيَّة (taʕbīriyya) (Arabic), էքսպրեսիոնիզմ (ēkʿspresionizm) (Armenian), експресиони́зъм (ekspresionízǎm) [masculine] (Bulgarian), expressionisme [masculine] (Catalan), 表現主義 (Chinese Mandarin), 表现主义 (biǎoxiànzhǔyì) (Chinese Mandarin), expressionisme [neuter] (Dutch), ekspressionismi (Finnish), expressionnisme [masculine] (French), Expressionismus [masculine] (German), expresszionizmus (Hungarian), expressjónismi [masculine] (Icelandic), 表現主義 (hyōgenshugi) (alt: ひょうげんしゅぎ) (Japanese), toi pūkare (Maori), अभिव्यक्तिवाद (abhivyaktivād) (Nepali), expressionnisme [masculine] (Norman), ekspresjonizm [masculine] (Polish), expressionismo [masculine] (Portuguese), expresionism [neuter] (Romanian), экспрессиони́зм (ekspressionízm) [masculine] (Russian), експресионѝзам [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), ekspresionìzam [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), expresionismo [masculine] (Spanish), expressionism [common-gender] (Swedish), експресіоні́зм (ekspresionízm) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-expressionism-en-noun-330f4IzD Disambiguation of 'movement in the arts': 87 13
  2. A somewhat analogous genre in early 20th century music Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Modern art Translations (genre in music): 表現主義 (Chinese Mandarin), 表现主义 (biǎoxiànzhǔyì) (Chinese Mandarin), expressionisme [neuter] (Dutch), ekspressionismi (Finnish), Expressionismus [masculine] (German), 表現主義音楽 (hyōgenshugi ongaku) (alt: ひょうげんしゅぎおんがく) (Japanese), puoro pukare (Maori), экспрессиони́зм (ekspressionízm) [masculine] (Russian), експресионѝзам [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), ekspresionìzam [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-expressionism-en-noun-pSL-YHfc Disambiguation of Modern art: 38 62 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ism Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 60 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 40 60 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ism: 37 63 Disambiguation of 'genre in music': 23 77
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Abstract Expressionism, abstract expressionism, neo-expressionism

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "movement in the arts",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "expressionism"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ekspresionízm",
      "sense": "movement in the arts",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "експресіоні́зм"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "genre in music",
      "word": "表現主義"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "biǎoxiànzhǔyì",
      "sense": "genre in music",
      "word": "表现主义"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "genre in music",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "expressionisme"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "genre in music",
      "word": "ekspressionismi"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "genre in music",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Expressionismus"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ひょうげんしゅぎおんがく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hyōgenshugi ongaku",
      "sense": "genre in music",
      "word": "表現主義音楽"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "genre in music",
      "word": "puoro pukare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ekspressionízm",
      "sense": "genre in music",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "экспрессиони́зм"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "genre in music",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "експресионѝзам"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "genre in music",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ekspresionìzam"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "expressionism",
    "expressionism (music)"
  ],
  "word": "expressionism"
}
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