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Recent Examples of impressionistic
Teen-agers hung the page in their windows or on their walls, like today’s dorm-room posters of Che Guevara or Malcolm X or Tupac—less a sign of a specific political ideology than an impressionistic display of youthful rebellion.
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Zayd Ayers Dohrn, New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2026
That lurid fable was followed by 2023’s Pictures of Ghosts, an impressionistic documentary that told the parallel stories of Mendonça Filho’s life in movies and Recife’s decaying cinemas.
—Michael Snyder, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026
The animation — hand-painting on canvas and glass render the hypnotic water effects — feels impressionistic, like a work of fine art come to life.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2026
Start your day at the Musée d’Orsay, where dreamy, impressionistic Monets and van Goghs will inspire cloudlike blush and ballet slipper-pink lips.
—Loren Savini, Allure, 10 Mar. 2026
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Zayd Ayers Dohrn, New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2026
That lurid fable was followed by 2023’s Pictures of Ghosts, an impressionistic documentary that told the parallel stories of Mendonça Filho’s life in movies and Recife’s decaying cinemas.
—Michael Snyder, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026
The animation — hand-painting on canvas and glass render the hypnotic water effects — feels impressionistic, like a work of fine art come to life.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2026
Start your day at the Musée d’Orsay, where dreamy, impressionistic Monets and van Goghs will inspire cloudlike blush and ballet slipper-pink lips.
—Loren Savini, Allure, 10 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for impressionistic
Adjective
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In his songs, the English language turned woolier and more expressionistic; musical space-time distended and stretched.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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The gap between that description and the surreal, personally expressionistic film up on the screen, however, could not be wider.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
14 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Don't miss the renowned impressionist collection with paintings by Monet and van Gogh.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
30 Apr. 2026
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The Oberoi Rajgarh Palace appears like a post-impressionist vision, its beige crown backdropped by the freckled green of the Maniyagarh hills.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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By the 1980s, Baselitz’s profile began to expand beyond Germany, when he was exhibited in dialogue with figurative painters sharing his expressionist leanings, including Italy’s Sandro Chia and Francesco Clemente.—
Tessa Solomon,
ARTnews.com,
30 Apr. 2026
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The film is full of gorgeously expressionist black-and-white photography, stunning otherworldly production design, and a subtle sense of foreboding throughout that's one of the best the director has mustered in his illustrious career.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Apr. 2026
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“Impressionistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impressionistic. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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