“+ noun
Usage: often capitalized N&I
Etymology: French néo-impressionisme, from né- ne- + impressionisme impressionism
: art whose exponents are critical of impressionism and seek a carefully integrated pictorial structure involving simplified and solidified forms and a pointillist rendering of light ; specifically : a French art theory and practice of the last decade of the 19th century characterized by an attempt to make impressionism more precise in form and the use of a pointillist painting technique — compare divisionism