classicism
pronunciation
How to pronounce classicism in British English:
UK [ˈklæsɪsɪzəm]
How to pronounce classicism in American English:
US [ˈklæsɪˌsɪzəm]
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- Noun:
- a movement in literature and art during the 17th and 18th centuries in Europe that favored rationality and restraint and strict forms
Word Origin
- classicism (n.)
- "classical style in art or literature," 1830, from classic + -ism. Related: Classicist.
Antonym
Example
- 1. This grand is designed specially for advocates of classicism .
- 2. He follows the classicism principle , using “ heroic couplets ” while writing and becomes a master of it .
- 3. Neo-classical art held dear nature , classicism and imitation .
- 4. Ingres and Delacroix were two famous exponents of classicism .
- 5. The classicism feelings of a modernism architect John Portman