IMPRESSIONISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Impressionism mean? 

• IMPRESSIONISM (noun)
  The noun IMPRESSIONISM has 1 sense:

1. a school of late 19th century French painters who pictured appearances by strokes of unmixed colors to give the impression of reflected light

  Familiarity information: IMPRESSIONISM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IMPRESSIONISM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A school of late 19th century French painters who pictured appearances by strokes of unmixed colors to give the impression of reflected light

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("Impressionism" is a kind of...):

art movement; artistic movement (a group of artists who agree on general principles)

Derivation:

impressionist (a painter who follows the theories of Impressionism)

impressionistic (relating to or characteristic of Impressionism)