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Definition of Expressionist

1. Noun. An artist who is an adherent of expressionism.

2. Adjective. Of or relating to expressionism. "Expressionist art"

Definition of Expressionist

1. Adjective. Of, pertaining to, or in the style of expressionism ¹

2. Noun. A painter who paints in this style ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Expressionist

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Expressionist

expressibility expressible expressibly expressing expression expression-linked copy expression cloning expression library expression of interest expression site

expression system expression vector expressional expressionism expressionisms expressionist expressionistic expressionistically expressionists expressionless

expressionlessly expressionlessness expressions expressis verbis expressive expressive aphasia expressive language expressive style expressively expressiveness

Literary usage of Expressionist

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Theatre of Tomorrow by Kenneth Macgowan (1921)
"... and they have begun to paint and build in forms that may be called cubist and futurist, or expressionist. Let us consider expressionism first, ..."

2. The Nature of Landscape: A Personal Quest by Han Lorzing (2001)
"Probably the best known expressionist painter of all times is Vincent Van Gogh. This Dutch-born painter who worked in France most of his life, ..."

3. The Amsterdam School by Maristella Casciato (1996)
"The Amsterdam School Dutch Expressionist Architecture, 1915- 1930, Cambridge (Mass.) and London 1983 8 W. Kromhout was chairman of the association m 1895/96 ..."

4. The Drama of Transition: Native and Exotic Playcraft by Isaac Goldberg (1922)
"The Expressionist Movement, like others that went before, has committed its ... The characters are nameless, as in most of the "Expressionist" plays—The Man ..."

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