The story
- French · borrowed fromexpressionnisme
- English todayexpressionism
Borrowed from French expressionnisme, equivalent to expression + -ism.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A movement in the arts in which the artist did not depict objective reality, but rather a subjective expression of their inner experiences. Full definition →
Borrowed from French expressionnisme, equivalent to expression + -ism.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.