classicalism

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He is also wholly free from Italianizing tendencies: his classicalism even is that of an English student,—of a schoolboy, indeed, if he be compared with a Jonson or a Milton.

From A selection from the lyrical poems of Robert Herrick by Palgrave, Francis Turner

We want to create a sustained counter effort to the perpetual tendency of all educational organisations towards classicalism, secondary issues, and the evasion of life.

From The New Machiavelli by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

Flaxman, to his credit, in spite of his classicalism, was one of the first to draw attention 32to the work.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Wells A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See by Dearmer, Percy

The psychological descent into classicalism is always a strong possibility.

From A Preface to Politics by Lippmann, Walter

In the arts we call this inveterate tendency classicalism.

From A Preface to Politics by Lippmann, Walter