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[klas-uh-siz-uhm]

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noun

the principles or styles characteristic of the literature and art of ancient Greece and Rome.
adherence to such principles.
the classical style in literature and art, or adherence to its principles (romanticism ).
a Greek or Latin idiom or form, especially one used in some other language.
classical scholarship or learning.

classicism

/ ˈklæsɪˌsɪzəm, ˈklæsɪkəˌlɪzəm /

a style based on the study of Greek and Roman models, characterized by emotional restraint and regularity of form, associated esp with the 18th century in Europe; the antithesis of romanticism Compare neoclassicism
knowledge or study of the culture of ancient Greece and Rome
1. a Greek or Latin form or expression
2. an expression in a modern language, such as English, that is modelled on a Greek or Latin form

classicism

An approach to aesthetics that favors restraint, rationality, and the use of strict forms in literature, painting, architecture, and other arts. It flourished in ancient Greece and Rome, and throughout Europe in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Classicists often derived their models from the ancient Greeks and Romans.

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Classicism is sometimes considered the opposite of romanticism.

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First recorded in 1820–30; classic + -ism

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But for the genre’s devotees, the bans smack of classicism.

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But the woman in her sculpture, made early in her tenure working in the busy studio of Auguste Rodin, leaves classicism far behind.

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So, there is a classicism aspect to it.

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“The Great Lillian Hall” is not afraid to embrace its classicism; had it been made in the 1940s, it would have starred Bette Davis.

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