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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any of several movements in the arts, architecture, literature and music that revived forms from earlier centuries, especially those of the ancient Greeks and ancient Romans. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   revival of a classical style (in art or literature or architecture or music) but from a new perspective or with a new motivation wordnet

Synonyms

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artclassical heritage aestheticclassical revivalclassicalizationclassicismformal classicism

Antonyms

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classical greekatticizing dictionbaroquebaroque exuberance

Etymology

From neo- + classic + -ism.