Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The character of being ornamental; also, a tendency to attach too much importance to ornament.
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- noun Any
artistic orarchitectural style characterised byornamentation .
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- noun the practice of ornamental display
Etymologies
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Examples
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Alber Elbaz first applied ornamentalism in dress design.
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Alber Elbaz first applied ornamentalism in dress design.
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But the emblematic building of Cairo is the small tower block — five or six stories designed in a functionalism so basic that the Bauhaus architects were lapdogs of ornamentalism by comparison.
Letter From Egypt P. J. O'Rourke 2002
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But the emblematic building of Cairo is the small tower block — five or six stories designed in a functionalism so basic that the Bauhaus architects were lapdogs of ornamentalism by comparison.
Letter From Egypt P. J. O'Rourke 2002
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This, not ornamentalism, was the ethos of the empire in what Cannadine calls its "heyday," from the Mutiny to 1914.
A Bit of Bunting 2001
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This, not ornamentalism, was the ethos of the empire in what Cannadine calls its "heyday," from the Mutiny to 1914.
A Bit of Bunting 2001
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Primary elements combined constitute a style, which may be analyzed according to several style dimensions such as complexity (minimalism vs. ornamentalism); representation (realism vs. abstraction); movement (dynamic vs. static) and potency (loud/strong vs. soft/ weak).
Experiential Marketing BERND H. SCHMITT 1999
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Primary elements combined constitute a style, which may be analyzed according to several style dimensions such as complexity (minimalism vs. ornamentalism); representation (realism vs. abstraction); movement (dynamic vs. static) and potency (loud/strong vs. soft/ weak).
Experiential Marketing BERND H. SCHMITT 1999
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It is a poster-art look that uses a minimalist base accessorized by a touch of ornamentalism.
MARKETING AESTHETICS BERND SCHMITT 1997
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Old-time bathhouses and swimming pools used to be prime examples of ornamentalism.
MARKETING AESTHETICS BERND SCHMITT 1997
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