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classicism

clas·si·cism

US/ˈklæsɪˌsɪzʌm/ uncommon

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”
Antonyms

Origin

From classic + -ism.

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