postimpressionist

adjective

Of or pertaining to postimpressionism.

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Post-impressionist
OriginEnglish impressionist ← French impressionniste ← Latin impressiōnem →
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Meanings

adjectivepostimpressionist (comparative more postimpressionist, superlative most postimpressionist)

comparative more postimpressionist · superlative most postimpressionist

  1. Of or pertaining to postimpressionism.
nounpostimpressionist (plural postimpressionists)

plural postimpressionists

  1. A painter of the style of postimpressionism.

    The postimpressionists went much further in augmenting the limited evidence of our eyes with material of the mind.

    2003, John H. Lienhard, Inventing Modern: Growing up with X-Rays, Skyscrapers, and Tailfins

Synonyms & antonyms

nounan artist of the Postimpressionist school who revolted against Impressionism

Similar
Post-impressionist
Broader
painter

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pós
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pósti
  3. Proto-Italic*posti
  4. Old Latinposte
  5. Latinpost
  6. Englishpost-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  8. Proto-Italic*en
  9. Proto-Italic*en-
  10. Latinin-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*per-?
  12. Proto-Indo-European*pres-
  13. Proto-Italic*pres-
  14. Latinpremō
  15. Latinimprimō
  16. Latinimpressiōnem
  17. Frenchimpression
  18. Frenchimpressionniste
  19. Englishimpressionist
  20. Englishpostimpressionist

From post- + impressionist.

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Translations

Italian postimpressionista
  • postimpressionistaartist
Russian постимпрессионист
  • постимпрессионист (postimpressionist)artist
Cite this entry
APA

postimpressionist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postimpressionist

MLA

“postimpressionist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postimpressionist. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “postimpressionist,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postimpressionist.

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