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classicism

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Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

  1. a movement in literature and art during the 17th and 18th centuries in Europe that favored rationality and restraint and strict forms

    noun.cognition

    Examples
    Classicism often derived its models from the ancient Greeks and Romans.
    Synonyms classicalism
    Antonyms romantic movement romanticism

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. A classic idiom or expression; a classicalism.

    noun

    Source: webster1913

Nearby words

classical styleclassicalismclassicalistclassicalityclassicallyclassiciseclassicistclassicisticclassicizeclassicsclassifiableclassific

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