impressionistic

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/ɪmˌpɹɛ.ʃəˈnɪ.stɪk/

adjective

Pertaining to or characterized by impressionism.

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Meanings

adjectiveimpressionistic (comparative more impressionistic, superlative most impressionistic)

comparative more impressionistic · superlative most impressionistic

  1. Pertaining to or characterized by impressionism.
  2. Based on subjective reactions or feelings; not systematically researched or arrived at.

    Also, it must be remembered that claims made by Kindersley and Goffin were impressionistic, as opposed to being based on modern linguistic data collection and analysis methods.

    2014, James Lambert, “Diachronic stability in Indian English lexis”, in World Englishes, page 124
  3. Based on impression rather than reason or fact; based on trying to impress somebody rather than trying for accuracy.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiverelating to or characteristic of Impressionism

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Italic*en
  3. Proto-Italic*en-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*per-?
  6. Proto-Indo-European*pres-
  7. Proto-Italic*pres-
  8. Latinpremō
  9. Latinimprimō
  10. Latinimpressiōnem
  11. Frenchimpression
  12. Frenchimpressionniste
  13. Englishimpressionist
  14. Latinimpressiō
  15. Old Frenchimpression
  16. Englishimpression
  17. Englishimpressionistic

From impressionist + -ic, or from impression + -istic.

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Translations

German impressionistisch
  • impressionistischrelating to impressionism
Irish impriseanaíoch
  • impriseanaíochrelating to impressionism
Polish impresjonistyczny
  • impresjonistycznyrelating to impressionism
Portuguese impressionista
  • impressionistarelating to impressionism
Russian субъективный, неполный
  • субъективный (subʺjektivnyj)relating to impressionism
  • неполный (nepolnyj)relating to impressionism
  • разрозненный (razroznennyj)relating to impressionism
Welsh argraffiadol
  • argraffiadolrelating to impressionism
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

“impressionistic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impressionistic. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “impressionistic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impressionistic.

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