Definitions for classicism

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classicism clas·si·cism

Spelling: [klas-uh-siz-uh m]

IPA: /ˈklæs əˌsɪz əm/

Classicism is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 245 anagrams from letters in classicism (acciilmsss).

Definitions for classicism

noun

1. the principles or styles characteristic of the literature and art of ancient Greece and Rome.
2. adherence to such principles.
3. the classical style in literature and art, or adherence to its principles (contrasted with romanticism). Compare classical (def 7).
4. a Greek or Latin idiom or form, especially one used in some other language.
5. classical scholarship or learning.

Origin of classicism

First recorded in 1820-30; classic + -ism

Examples for classicism

It begins with some observations on Romanticism and classicism.

His “Decadence” was the work of a decadent, a decadent of classicism.

He received the highest eulogy known to the classicism of the time.

It represents the spirit of classicism cold and unsatisfying.

The revolt of the Romanticists against classicism in literature and art.

The spirit of classicism was in the air in the days of Wedgwood.

The grace of his pictures is modern; their classicism is a disguise.

The only point in question was, how to avoid the one-sidedness of classicism.

That Christian expression and classicism were incompatible, he never believed.

Nothing, for instance, was more romantic in Goethe than his classicism.