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ornamentalism

ornamentalism noun: any artistic or architectural style characterised by ornamentation.

Noun

ornamentalism (uncountable)

  1. Any artistic or architectural style characterised by ornamentation.

Origin of ornamentalism

From ornamental + -ism.

Questions about ornamentalism

What does ornamentalism mean?
Ornamentalism means any artistic or architectural style characterised by ornamentation.
What part of speech is ornamentalism?
Ornamentalism is a noun.

Words near ornamentalism in the dictionary

  1. ormyrids
  2. orn
  3. ornament
  4. ornamental
  5. ornamental hermit
  6. ornamentalism
  7. ornamentalist
  8. ornamentalists
  9. ornamentalities
  10. ornamentality
  11. ornamentalize

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