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FAUVISM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An art movement launched in 1905 whose work was characterized by bright and nonnatural colors and simple forms; influenced the expressionists
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("fauvism" is a kind of...):
art movement; artistic movement (a group of artists who agree on general principles)
Derivation:
fauvist (a member of a group of French painters who followed fauvism)
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