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neoimpressionism

(-im pres̸hən iz′əm)

noun

a late 19th-cent. theory and practice of painting, based on a strict scientific application of impressionist techniques, esp. pointillism

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See neoimpressionism in American Heritage Dictionary 4

or ne·o-im·pres·sion·ism

noun
A movement in late 19th-century painting led by Georges Seurat that was stricter and more formal than impressionism in composition and employed pointillism as a technique.

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  • neˌo·im·presˈsion·ist adjective & n.
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