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Meaning of rayonnement in English:

rayonnement

Pronunciation /ˈreɪɒnˌmɒ̃/

noun

  • Radiant beauty or splendour; lustre. In later use figurative: influence, especially cultural or intellectual; (cultural) diffusion.

    Chiefly in French contexts or in translations from French.

Origin

Early 20th century; earliest use found in Wyndham Lewis (1882–1957), artist and writer. From French rayonnement emission of luminous rays, (of a person's face, etc.) radiance, influence from rayonner + -ment.