classicism

  1. Noun.  (uncountable) All the classical traditions of the art and architecture of ancient Greece and Rome, especially the aspects of simplicity, elegance and proportion.
  2. Noun.  (uncountable) Classical scholarship.
  3. Noun.  (countable) A Greek or Latin expression used in an English sentence.

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