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classicalism
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun classicalism has 1 sense
- classicalism(n = noun.cognition) classicism - a movement in literature and art during the 17th and 18th centuries in Europe that favored rationality and restraint and strict forms; "classicism often derived its models from the ancient Greeks and Romans" is a kind of artistic style, idiom, arts, humanistic discipline, humanities, liberal arts
CIDE DICTIONARY
classicalism, n.
- A classical idiom, style, or expression; a classicism. [1913 Webster]
- Adherence to what are supposed or assumed to be the classical canons of art. [1913 Webster]
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classicalism
Elegance
N elegance, purity, grace, ease, gracefulness, readiness, concinnity, euphony, numerosity, Atticism, classicalism, classicism, well rounded periods, well turned periods, flowing periods, the right word in the right place, antithesis, purist, elegant, polished, classical, Attic, correct, Ciceronian, artistic, chaste, pure, Saxon, academical, graceful, easy, readable, fluent, flowing, tripping, unaffected, natural, unlabored, mellifluous, euphonious, euphemism, euphemistic, numerose, rhythmical, felicitous, happy, neat, well put, neatly put, well expressed, neatly expressed.
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