Definition of Expressionistic

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

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

Definition of Expressionistic

1. Adjective. expressionist ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Expressionistic

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Expressionistic

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 (current term)
expressionistically
expressionists
expressionless
expressionlessly
expressionlessness
expressions
expressis verbis
expressive
expressive aphasia
expressive language
expressive style
expressively
expressiveness
expressivism

Literary usage of Expressionistic

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

1. The Drama of Transition: Native and Exotic Playcraft by Isaac Goldberg (1922)
"With reference to expressionistic production, Schneider points out that Hofmannsthal ... But one may well maintain that the expressionistic stage direction ..."

2. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1921)
"The expressionistic movement and its variations are much in evidence. In the section called "The Evolution of the Book," we are able to follow the making of ..."

3. Theatre Arts by Society of Arts and Crafts, Detroit (1922)
"That is the only basis for "expressionistic" stage direction. Insignia of the Schlosspark Theatre. ..."

4. The Masters of Modern French Criticism by Irving Babbitt (1912)
"For Rousseau, unhistorical as he was in many respects, treated one of the literary forms, the drama, from the relative and expressionistic point of view. ..."

5. The Masters of Modern French Criticism by Irving Babbitt (1912)
"For Rousseau, unhistorical as he was in many respects, treated one of the literary forms, the drama, from the relative and expressionistic point of view. ..."

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