New Objectivity

proper noun

A German anti-expressionist artistic movement of the first half of the twentieth century that espoused direct, unadorned, matter-of-fact aesthetics.

OriginGerman Neue Sachlichkeit →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A German anti-expressionist artistic movement of the first half of the twentieth century that espoused direct, unadorned, matter-of-fact aesthetics.

    New Objectivity takes its place—squarely and unblinkingly—in this new (if not lasting) environment, whose tenor was so different to the years of instability, war, and revolution, which had given rise to Expressionism.

    2010, Matthew Beaumont, editor, A Concise Companion to Realism, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 151

Origin

  1. GermanNeue Sachlichkeit
  2. EnglishNew Objectivity

Calque of German Neue Sachlichkeit.

More words from German

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Translations

Catalan nova objectivitat
  • nova objectivitatartistic movement
Danish den ny saglighed
  • den ny saglighedartistic movement
Dutch Nieuwe Zakelijkheid
  • Nieuwe Zakelijkheidartistic movement
Finnish uusasiallisuus
  • uusasiallisuusartistic movement
French nouvelle objectivité
  • nouvelle objectivitéartistic movement
German Neue Sachlichkeit
  • Neue Sachlichkeitartistic movement
Greek νέα αντικειμενικότητα
  • νέα αντικειμενικότητα (néa antikeimenikótita)artistic movement
Italian nuova oggettività
  • nuova oggettivitàartistic movement
Norwegian Bokmål Den nye saklighet
  • Den nye saklighetartistic movement
Polish Nowa Rzeczowość
  • Nowa Rzeczowośćartistic movement
Russian но́вая веще́ственность, но́вая предме́тность
  • но́вая веще́ственность (nóvaja veščéstvennostʹ)artistic movement
  • но́вая предме́тность (nóvaja predmétnostʹ)artistic movement
  • но́вая ве́щность (nóvaja véščnostʹ)artistic movement
Spanish nueva objetividad
  • nueva objetividadartistic movement
Swedish nya sakligheten
  • nya saklighetenartistic movement
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APA

New Objectivity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/New%20Objectivity

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Chicago

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