classicism
English
noun
Definitions
- (uncountable) All the classical traditions of the art and architecture of ancient Greece and Rome, especially the aspects of simplicity, elegance and proportion.
- (uncountable) Classical scholarship.
- (countable) A Latin or Ancient Greek expression used in an English sentence.
Etymology
Suffix from English classic.
Origin
English
classic
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- classic English
- classicise English
- classicist English
- classicize English
- classicly English
- neoclassic English
- neoclassicism English
- nonclassic English
- postclassic English
- pseudoclassicism English
- quasiclassic English
- semiclassic English
- unclassic English
- classique French
- clasaic Irish