classicism
NounUS[klas-ih-siz-uhm]/ˈklæsɪˌsɪzəm/4 syllables
Synonyms:
classicalism
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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: classicalismType of humanistic discipline, artistic style
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Clas′si·cism noun
A classic idiom or expression; a classicalism. Charles Kingsley
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54