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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   classicism countable, uncountable
2. 2
   a movement in literature and art during the 17th and 18th centuries in Europe that favored rationality and restraint and strict forms wordnet

Synonyms

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artchastityclarityclassicismcomelinessdignity

Etymology

From classical + -ism.