classicism
a movement in literature and art during the 17th and 18th centuries in Europe that favored rationality and restraint and strict forms - classicism often derived its models from the ancient Greeks and Romans • Syn: classicalism • Ant: Romanticism • Derivationally related forms: classicistic, classicist • Hypernyms: humanistic discipline, humanities, liberal arts, arts, artistic style, idiom
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