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classicism definition

clas·si·cism (klas′ə siz′əm)

noun

  1. the aesthetic principles or qualities regarded as characteristic of ancient Greece and Rome; objectivity, formality, balance, simplicity, restraint, etc.
  2. adherence to such principles
  3. knowledge of the literature and art of ancient Greece and Rome; classical scholarship
  4. a Greek or Latin idiom or expression

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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