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rayonism

noun
ray·on·ism | \ˈrāəˌnizəm\
plural -s

Definition of rayonism 

: a painting style initiated in Russia in 1911 by Michael Larionov in which natural appearances are depicted as semiabstractions of radiating rays of light

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History and Etymology for rayonism

French rayonisme, from rayon ray + -isme -ism

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