Meanings
comparative more impressionistic · superlative most impressionistic
- Pertaining to or characterized by impressionism.
- 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 - 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
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
- Proto-Italic*en
- Proto-Italic*en-
- Latinin-
- Proto-Indo-European*per-?
- Proto-Indo-European*pres-
- Proto-Italic*pres-
- Latinpremō
- Latinimprimō
- Latinimpressiōnem
- Frenchimpression
- Frenchimpressionniste
- Englishimpressionist
- Latinimpressiō
- Old Frenchimpression
- Englishimpression
- Englishimpressionistic
From impressionist + -ic, or from impression + -istic.
Full word history & related roots →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
impressionistic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impressionistic
“impressionistic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impressionistic. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “impressionistic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impressionistic.
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