expressionist

From expression + -ist.

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expressionist (comparative more expressionist, superlative most expressionist)

1. Of, pertaining to, or in the style of expressionism.
   • 2025 May 7, Nina Siegal, “A Rarely Seen Angel With a Lesson From History”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN, archived from the original on 8 May 2025:

     “It’s this snaggletoothed, little bird-footed homunculus caricature,” Bourneuf said. “Many artists at this time were trying to make new altarpieces. Klee tended to take a very skeptical distance from the sort of grandiose projects of many of his expressionist peers, so I think it’s actually kind of mocking those hopes.”

expressionist (plural expressionists)

1. A painter who paints in this style.

• abstract expressionist
• neo-expressionist

From expressionisme.

• IPA^(key): /ˌɛk.sprɛ.ʃoːˈnɪst/

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• Hyphenation: ex‧pres‧si‧o‧nist
• Rhymes: -ɪst

expressionist m (plural expressionisten, no diminutive)

1. (art) expressionist (artist working in the expressionist style)