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IMPRESSIONISM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A school of late 19th century French painters who pictured appearances by strokes of unmixed colors to give the impression of reflected light
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("Impressionism" is a kind of...):
art movement; artistic movement (a group of artists who agree on general principles)
Derivation:
impressionist (a painter who follows the theories of Impressionism)
impressionistic (relating to or characteristic of Impressionism)