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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Impressionism  \Im*pres"sion*ism\,  n.  [F.  impressionnisme.]  (Fine 
  Arts) 
  The  theory  or  method  of  suggesting  an  effect  or  impression 
  without  elaboration  of  the  details;  --  a  disignation  of  a 
  recent  fashion  in  painting  and  etching. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  impressionism 
  n  :  a  genre  of  French  painting  that  pictured  appearances  by 
  strokes  of  unmixed  colors  to  give  the  impression  of 
  reflected  light 




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