a style and movement in early 20th century art, theater, and the movies that tries to express people's feelings and emotions rather than showing events or objects in a realistic way
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NAmE//ɪkˈsprɛʃənɪst//
Expressionist noun, adjectiveSee expressionism in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: expressionism