Meaning

3 senses
  1. (uncountable)All the classical traditions of the art and architecture of ancient Greece and Rome, especially the aspects of simplicity, elegance and proportion.

    Klassizismus

    классици́змklassicízm

  2. (uncountable)Classical scholarship.

    класси́ческое образова́ниеklassíčeskoje obrazovánije

  3. (countable)A Latin or Ancient Greek expression used in an English sentence.

More definitions
  • a movement in literature and art during the 17th and 18th centuries in Europe that favored rationality and restraint and strict forms

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
classical traditions of the art and architecture of ancient Greece and Rome:
classical scholarship:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
classical traditions of the art and architecture of ancient Greece and Rome:

Forms

plural: classicisms
Singularclassicism
Pluralclassicisms

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a movement in literature and art during the 17th and 18th centuries in Europe that favored rationality and restraint and strict forms:classicalism

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

3 related words

See also

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