Impressionism noun

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/ɪmˈpreʃ.ən.ɪ.zəm/ n [U]

Definition

a style of painting, which began in France in the 1860s, in which the artist tries to represent the effects of light on an object, person, area of countryside, etc.

(Definition of Impressionism noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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impression noun (EFFECT)
impression noun (COPY)
impression noun (MARK)
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Impressionism noun
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impressionist noun
impressionistic adjective
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aesthetics
art nouveau
baroque
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modernist
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