expressionist en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Etymology tree English expression Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English expressionist From expression + -ist.
Meanings
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Of, pertaining to, or in the style of expressionism.
“It’s this snaggletoothed, little bird-footed homunculus caricature,” Bourneuf said. “Many artists at this time were trying to make new altarpieces. Klee tended to take a very skeptical distance from the sort of grandiose projects of many of his expressionist peers, so I think it’s actually kind of mocking those hopes.”
2025 May 7, Nina Siegal, “A Rarely Seen Angel With a Lesson From History”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 08 May 2025:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most expressionist | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more expressionist | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
expressionistic · antiexpressionist
Translations (11)
it espressionista (of, pertaining to, or in the style of expressionism) · fi ekspressionistinen (of, pertaining to, or in the style of expressionism) · nl expressionistisch (of, pertaining to, or in the style of expressionism) · de expressionistisch (of, pertaining to, or in the style of expressionism) · pt expressionista (of, pertaining to, or in the style of expressionism) · ro expresionist (of, pertaining to, or in the style of expressionism) · nrf expressionniste (of, pertaining to, or in the style of expressionism) · da ekspressionistisk (of, pertaining to, or in the style of expressionism) · pl ekspresjonistyczny (of, pertaining to, or in the style of expressionism) · es expresionista (of, pertaining to, or in the style of expressionism) · ca expressionista (of, pertaining to, or in the style of expressionism)