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post(12)(dictionary)
post(2)(dictionary)
POST(finance)
post-dam(dictionary)
Post(money)
post-op(dictionary)
post(8)(dictionary)
Post, the(dictionary)
Post-it(dictionary)

post-impressionism (iou) and vesalian (iou)


post-impressionism (iou)



post-impressionism noun. E20.
[from POST- 2 + IMPRESSIONISM.]
A school or style of painting developed from, or as a reaction against, impressionism in the late 19th and early 20th cents., which rejected concern with momentary effects and naturalistic representation, and sought to express the artist's individual conception of the subject.
post-impressionist noun & adjective (a) noun a practitioner or adherent of post-impressionism; (b) adjective of or pertaining to post-impressionists or post-impressionism: E20.
post-impressio'nistic adjective E20.

vesalian (iou)



vesalian adjective. Also Vesalian. L19.
[from Andreas Vesalius (1514-64), Belgian anatomist + -AN.]
Anatomy. Designating any of several structures named in honour of Vesalius, esp. various sesamoid bones. L19.
Connected with anatomical researches. L19.