Associations to the word «Expressionism»

Wiktionary

EXPRESSIONISM, noun. A movement in the arts in which the artist did not depict objective reality, but rather a subjective expression of their inner experiences
EXPRESSIONISM, noun. A somewhat analogous genre in early 20th century music

Dictionary definition

EXPRESSIONISM, noun. 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.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats