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classicism en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁-der. Proto-Italic *klāssis Latin classis Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin classicuslbor. French classiquebor. English classic Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English classicism From classic + -ism.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) All the classical traditions of the art and architecture of ancient Greece and Rome, especially the aspects of simplicity, elegance and proportion.
   • It catches an American athleticism and energetic team spirit that still seem to smash European notions of ballet classicism, as does its dancers’ selfless manner and their practicelike costumes. 2008 June 9, Alastair Macaulay, “In Student Steps and Leaps, a Survey of National Styles”, in The New York Times:
2. (uncountable) Classical scholarship.
3. (countable) A Latin or Ancient Greek expression used in an English sentence.

Forms

Deriveds

pseudoclassicism

Translations (20)

es clasicismo (classical traditions of the art and architecture of ancient Greece and Rome) · cs klasicismus (classical traditions of the art and architecture of ancient Greece and Rome) · scn classicìsimu (classical traditions of the art and architecture of ancient Greece and Rome) · fi klassismi (classical traditions of the art and architecture of ancient Greece and Rome) · ru классици́зм (classical traditions of the art and architecture of ancient Greece and Rome) · hy դասականություն (classical traditions of the art and architecture of ancient Greece and Rome) · cmn 古典主義 /古典主义 (classical traditions of the art and architecture of ancient Greece and Rome) · hy կլասիցիզմ (classical traditions of the art and architecture of ancient Greece and Rome) · fi klassismi (classical scholarship) · ru класси́ческое образова́ние (classical scholarship) · de Klassizismus (classical traditions of the art and architecture of ancient Greece and Rome) · cmn 古希臘與古羅馬文化研究 /古希腊与古罗马文化研究 (classical scholarship) · it classicismo (classical traditions of the art and architecture of ancient Greece and Rome) · el κλασικισμός (classical traditions of the art and architecture of ancient Greece and Rome) · fi klassismi (Latin or Ancient Greek expression used in an English sentence) · pt classicismo (classical traditions of the art and architecture of ancient Greece and Rome) · cmn 古典用語 /古典用语 (Latin or Ancient Greek expression used in an English sentence) · fr classicisme (classical traditions of the art and architecture of ancient Greece and Rome) · ca classicisme (classical traditions of the art and architecture of ancient Greece and Rome) · pl klasycyzm (classical traditions of the art and architecture of ancient Greece and Rome)