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pleinairism

pleinairism noun: the practice of painting outdoors, in the open.

Noun

pleinairism (uncountable)

  1. The practice of painting outdoors, in the open.
    • Some Americans may have concluded that such passionate pleinairism was unsustainable; it may have seemed too chaotic, insubstantial, repetitious, or ugly.2017, Kathleen A. Foster, American Watercolor in the Age of Homer and Sargent, page 214

Origin of pleinairism

From en plein air + -ism.

Questions about pleinairism

What does pleinairism mean?
Pleinairism means the practice of painting outdoors, in the open.
What part of speech is pleinairism?
Pleinairism is a noun.

Words near pleinairism in the dictionary

  1. pleid
  2. pleids
  3. Pleiku
  4. plein air
  5. plein-air
  6. pleinairism
  7. pleinairist
  8. pleinairists
  9. pleio-
  10. pleiobar
  11. pleiobars

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