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All the classical traditions of the art and architecture of ancient Greece and Rome, especially the aspects of simplicity, elegance and proportion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Classical scholarship.
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A Latin or Ancient Greek expression used in an English sentence.
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Usage: countable
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a movement in literature and art during the 17th and 18th centuries in Europe that favored rationality and restraint and strict forms
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- classicism often derived its models from the ancient Greeks and Romans
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: classicalism
Antonyms: Romanticism
Broader terms: artistic style, idiom, humanistic discipline, humanities, liberal arts, arts
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kelh1-der. Proto-Italic *klāssis Latin classis Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin classicuslbor. French classiquebor. English classic Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English classicism From classic + -ism.
Across languages
Translations
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Armenian:
կլասիցիզմ
(klasicʻizm)
— classical traditions of the art and architecture of ancient Greece and Rome
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Armenian:
դասականություն
(dasakanutʻyun)
— classical traditions of the art and architecture of ancient Greece and Rome
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Catalan:
classicisme
— classical traditions of the art and architecture of ancient Greece and Rome
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Chinese Mandarin:
古典主義 /古典主义
(gǔdiǎnzhǔyì)
— classical traditions of the art and architecture of ancient Greece and Rome
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Czech:
klasicismus
— classical traditions of the art and architecture of ancient Greece and Rome
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Finnish:
klassismi
— classical traditions of the art and architecture of ancient Greece and Rome
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French:
classicisme
— classical traditions of the art and architecture of ancient Greece and Rome
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German:
Klassizismus
— classical traditions of the art and architecture of ancient Greece and Rome
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Greek:
κλασικισμός
(klasikismós)
— classical traditions of the art and architecture of ancient Greece and Rome
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Italian:
classicismo
— classical traditions of the art and architecture of ancient Greece and Rome
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Polish:
klasycyzm
— classical traditions of the art and architecture of ancient Greece and Rome
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Portuguese:
classicismo
— classical traditions of the art and architecture of ancient Greece and Rome
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Russian:
классици́зм
(klassicízm)
— classical traditions of the art and architecture of ancient Greece and Rome
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Sicilian:
classicìsimu
— classical traditions of the art and architecture of ancient Greece and Rome
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Spanish:
clasicismo
— classical traditions of the art and architecture of ancient Greece and Rome
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Chinese Mandarin:
古希臘與古羅馬文化研究 /古希腊与古罗马文化研究
(Gǔ Xīlà yǔ Gǔ Luómǎ wénhuà yánjiū)
— classical scholarship
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Finnish:
klassismi
— classical scholarship
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Russian:
класси́ческое образова́ние
(klassíčeskoje obrazovánije)
— classical scholarship
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Chinese Mandarin:
古典用語 /古典用语
(gǔdiǎn yòngyǔ)
— Latin or Ancient Greek expression used in an English sentence
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Finnish:
klassismi
— Latin or Ancient Greek expression used in an English sentence