Etymology

New Objectivity

Today it means: A German anti-expressionist artistic movement of the first half of the twentieth century that espoused direct, unadorned, matter-of-fact aesthetics. Full definition →

German Neue Sachlichkeit
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  1. German · calque ofNeue Sachlichkeit
  2. English todayNew Objectivity

Calque of German Neue Sachlichkeit.

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