im‧pres‧sion‧is‧m , Impressionism /ɪmˈpreʃənɪzəm/ noun [uncountable]
[Word Family: noun: impression, impressionism, impressionist, impressiveness; adjective: impressionable, impressive ≠ unimpressive, impressionistic, unimpressed; adverb: impressively, impressionistically; verb: impress]

1. a style of painting used especially in France in the 19th century that uses colour instead of details of form to produce effects of light or feeling ⇒ realism

2. a style of music from the late 19th and early 20th centuries that produces feelings and images by the quality of sounds rather than by a pattern of notes

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