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NEOEXPRESSIONISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does neoexpressionism mean? 

NEOEXPRESSIONISM (noun)
  The noun NEOEXPRESSIONISM has 1 sense:

1. an art movement based on expressionism; developed in 1980s in Europe and United States; crudely drawn garish paintingsplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


NEOEXPRESSIONISM (noun)


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Meaning:

An art movement based on expressionism; developed in 1980s in Europe and United States; crudely drawn garish paintings

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

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

expressionism (an art movement early in the 20th century; the artist's subjective expression of inner experiences was emphasized; an inner feeling was expressed through a distorted rendition of reality)


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