Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

neo-expressionism

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.55 in modern English

Syllables
neo--ex-pres-sion-ism
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
6
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A style of late modernist or early postmodern painting and sculpture that emerged in the late 1970s as a reaction against the minimal and conceptual art of that time, and was characterized by intense subjectivity and rough handling of materials.

Uncountable

Etymology

From neo- + expressionism.

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What does neo-expressionism mean?
A style of late modernist or early postmodern painting and sculpture that emerged in the late 1970s as a reaction against the minimal and conceptual art of that time, and was characterized by intense subjectivity and rough handling of materials.
Where does neo-expressionism come from?
From neo- + expressionism.

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