ray|on|ism

ray|on|ism
ray|on|ism «RAY uh nihz uhm», noun.
a semiabstract style of painting in which natural objects are depicted as radiating rays of light and color.
[< French rayonisme < rayon ray of light + -isme -ism]
ray´on|ist, noun, adjective.

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