classicism

[klas-uh-siz-uhm] / ˈklæs əˌsɪz əm /

NOUN

simple style; regularity, restraint

Synonyms

STRONGEST

grandeur

STRONG

Hellenism balance clarity class classicalism dignity elegance excellence finish formality lucidity majesty neoclassicism nobility objectivity polish proportion propriety purity rationalism refinement rhythm severity simplicity sobriety sublimity symmetry

WEAK

Atticism Ciceronianism aesthetic principle conventional formality formal style grand style high art pure taste

Antonyms

STRONG

bad manners crudeness disproportion imbalance unevenness

Example Sentences

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In the office of Burnham & Root, Roth studied architectural books and drawings of antiquities, learning the grammar of a classicism he later used with such vigor in New York.

From The Wall Street Journal

But even a mega-firm that typically builds in a futuristic style can form a partnership with a design architect who’s an expert in classicism.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Dreamworld” opens, in the section “Waking Dream,” with harbingers of Surrealism—fusing classicism and modernism, reality and fantasy—by Giorgio de Chirico, whom Apollinaire described as a painter of things beyond the observable.

From The Wall Street Journal

"It was not elaborate like Victorian Gothic design that preceded it, and came with a classicism and simplicity that has survived the test of time," he said.

From BBC

Later in Lucerne, he took master classes with Edwin Fischer, the musician credited by Brendel with having the most enduring influence on him, and teaching him to play passionately within the bounds of classicism.

From BBC