Classicalism
[klæsikәlizәm]
Definition
(n.) A classical idiom, style, or expression; a classicism.
(n.) Adherence to what are supposed or assumed to be the classical canons of art.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Classicism; classical taste, idiom, style, or expression.
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Examples
- We have almost no spiritual weapons against classicalism: universities, churches, newspapers are by-products of a commercial success; we have no tradition of intellectual revolt. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Classicalism and invention are irreconcilable enemies. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The psychological descent into classicalism is always a strong possibility. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- In the arts we call this inveterate tendency classicalism. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The United States, you imagine, would of all nations be the freest from classicalism. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
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