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Meaning of word classicism from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.
classicism noun
Meaning : A movement in literature and art during the 17th and 18th centuries in Europe that favored rationality and restraint and strict forms.
Example :
Classicism often derived its models from the ancient Greeks and Romans.
Synonyms : classicalism
A movement in literature and art during the late 18th and early 19th centuries that celebrated nature rather than civilization.
Romanticism valued imagination and emotion over rationality.romantic movement, romanticism
