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[syn: classicism, classicalism]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Classicalism \Clas"sic*al*ism\, n.
1. A classical idiom, style, or expression; a classicism.
[1913 Webster]
2. Adherence to what are supposed or assumed to be the
classical canons of art.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
classicalism
n 1: 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" [syn: classicism,
classicalism] [ant: Romantic Movement, Romanticism]