Definition of Expressionist

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

Exact synonyms: Expressionistic
Partainyms: Expressionism, Expressionism
Derivative terms: Expressionism

2. Noun. An artist who is an adherent of expressionism.
Generic synonyms: Artist, Creative Person
Derivative terms: Expressionism

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 (current term)
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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