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classicism
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun classicism has 1 sense
- classicism(n = noun.cognition) classicalism - 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
Derived forms noun classicist1, adjective classicistic1
Antonym: romanticism
CIDE DICTIONARY
classicism, n.
A classic idiom or expression; a classicalism. C. Kingsley. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
classicism, n.
1 the following of a classic style.
2 a classical scholarship. b the advocacy of a classical education.
3 an ancient Greek or Latin idiom.
1 the following of a classic style.
2 a classical scholarship. b the advocacy of a classical education.
3 an ancient Greek or Latin idiom.
Derivative
classicist n.
ROGET THESAURUS
classicism
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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