expressivism
- noun
- /ɪkˈsprɛsɪvɪzəm/
- Literature
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expresivismo
- The philosophy of expressivism emphasizes that genuine art reflects the personal experiences and emotions of its creator.
But yes, it will be as expressive as the word expressivism suggests.
- But yes, it will be as expressive as the word expressivism suggests.
Examples
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That is, the debate pivots on expressivism: the personal turn recasts the aim of criticism as the emotive expression of the critic rather than as a dispassionate, quasi-social scientific investigation, and those opposing it deny the legitimacy of expression.
Academic text (1999) -
From expressivism, which values originality and views writing as self-discovery, students become used to writing freely, then reflecting on what they have written and receiving feedback from their readers.
Academic text (1995) -
The hard edges of doctrine are rounded off into expressivism and meeting "felt needs."
Academic text (2000) -
Once one comes to grips with 'creeping minimalism', one sees that there's nothing more to expressivism than the view that to believe that something is good is to be a fan of it, or something like that.
Blog text (18) -
This echoes Lindbeck's assertion that the private and inward religion of liberal "experimental expressivism" fosters one which leads to relativism.
Academic text (1991) -
The theory of expressivism posits that art is a means for the artist to communicate their deepest emotions.
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According to expressivism, a painting can convey the artist's inner feelings more powerfully than words.
Antonyms
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A way of thinking that bases beliefs and actions on facts and reason rather than feelings
Surface Forms
Morphology
expressivism = expressive (transparent) = express + ive + ism
Formed by adding the doctrinal suffix '-ism' to the adjective 'expressive', yielding a theory/doctrine relating to expression.
Etymology
Expressivism comes from express meaning 'to show or say' and the ending -ism meaning 'a belief'. In art, expressivism is the idea that a painting or sculpture mainly 'shows' the artist's feelings or inner life.