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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 paintings
Familiarity information: NEOEXPRESSIONISM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
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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