classicalism
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classicism
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Noun (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”Synonyms: classicismOpposite Romantic MovementType of humanistic discipline, artistic style
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Clas′sic·al·ism noun
1. A classical idiom, style, or expression; a classicism.
2. Adherence to what are supposed or assumed to be the classical canons of art.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54