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CLASSICISM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A movement in literature and art during the 17th and 18th centuries in Europe that favored rationality and restraint and strict forms
Example:
classicism often derived its models from the ancient Greeks and Romans
Synonyms:
classicalism; classicism
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("classicism" is a kind of...):
artistic style; idiom (the style of a particular artist or school or movement)
arts; humanistic discipline; humanities; liberal arts (studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills))
Antonym:
Romanticism (a movement in literature and art during the late 18th and early 19th centuries that celebrated nature rather than civilization)
Derivation:
classicist (an artistic person who adheres to classicism)
classicistic (of or relating to classicism)
