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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a movement in literature and art during the 17th and 18th centuries in Europe that favored rationality and restraint and strict forms;
- Example: "classicism often derived its models from the ancient Greeks and Romans"
[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.
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   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]