rayonism
noun
ray·on·ism
\ˈrāəˌnizəm\
Definition of rayonism
-s
: 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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Origin and Etymology of rayonism
French rayonisme, from rayon ray + -isme -ism
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