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ORNAMENTALISM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ornamentalism mean?
• ORNAMENTALISM (noun)
The noun ORNAMENTALISM has 1 sense:
1. the practice of ornamental display
Familiarity information: ORNAMENTALISM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The practice of ornamental display
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("ornamentalism" is a kind of...):
pattern; practice (a customary way of operation or behavior)
Derivation:
ornamentalist (someone who decorates)
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