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EXPRESSIONISM
expressionism
(noun) 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
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
expressionism (countable and uncountable, plural expressionisms)
A movement in the arts in which the artist did not depict objective reality, but rather a subjective expression of their inner experiences
A somewhat analogous genre in early 20th century music
Anagrams
• misexpression
Source: Wiktionary
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