Definition of Classicism

1. Noun. 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"

Exact synonyms: Classicalism
Generic synonyms: Artistic Style, Idiom, Arts, Humanistic Discipline, Humanities, Liberal Arts
Derivative terms: Classicist, Classicistic
Antonyms: Romanticism

Definition of Classicism

1. n. A classic idiom or expression; a classicalism.

Definition of Classicism

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Classicism

classical confinement
classical diffusion
classical epidemiology
classical genetics
Classical Greek
classical haemophilia
classical haemophilia
classical hemophilia
classical Latin
classical mechanics
classical music
classical mythology
classical scholar
classical style
classicise
classicism (current term)
classicisms
classicist
classicistic
classicists
classicize
classicized
classicizes
classicizing
classico
classics
classic cervical rib syndrome
classic hemochromatosis
classic migraine
classier

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