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If a dictator takes up my ideas, the resulting town will survive the political system that commissioned it and stand as a social good. Besides, modernism rather than classicism has dominated the architecture of totalitarian regimes of both the left and right.
Leon Krier

Meaning of "classicism" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CLASSICISM

classicism  [ˈklæsɪˌsɪzəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CLASSICISM

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adjective
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Classicism is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CLASSICISM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

classicism

Classicism

Classicism, in the arts, refers generally to a high regard for a classical period, classical antiquity in the Western tradition, as setting standards for taste which the classicists seek to emulate. The art of classicism typically seeks to be formal and restrained: of the Discobolus Sir Kenneth Clark observed, "if we object to his restraint and compression we are simply objecting to the classicism of classic art. A violent emphasis or a sudden acceleration of rhythmic movement would have destroyed those qualities of balance and completeness through which it retained until the present century its position of authority in the restricted repertoire of visual images." Classicism, as Clark noted, implies a canon of widely accepted ideal forms, whether in the Western canon that he was examining in The Nude, or the literary Chinese classics or Chinese art, where the revival of classic styles is also recurring feature. Classicism is a force which is often present in post-medieval European and European influenced traditions; however, some periods felt themselves more connected to the classical ideals than others, particularly the Age of Enlightenment.

Definition of classicism in the English dictionary

The first definition of classicism in the dictionary is knowledge or study of the culture of ancient Greece and Rome. Other definition of classicism is a Greek or Latin form or expression. Classicism is also an expression in a modern language, such as English, that is modelled on a Greek or Latin form.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CLASSICISM


aestheticism
iːsˈθɛtɪˌsɪzəm
asceticism
əˈsɛtɪˌsɪzəm
Catholicism
kəˈθɒlɪˌsɪzəm
criticism
ˈkrɪtɪˌsɪzəm
cynicism
ˈsɪnɪˌsɪzəm
eclecticism
ɪˈklɛktɪˌsɪzəm
empiricism
ɛmˈpɪrɪˌsɪzəm
eroticism
ɪˈrɒtɪˌsɪzəm
fanaticism
fəˈnætɪˌsɪzəm
Gnosticism
ˈnɒstɪˌsɪzəm
historicism
hɪˈstɒrɪˌsɪzəm
lyricism
ˈlɪrɪˌsɪzəm
mosaicism
məʊˈzeɪɪˌsɪzəm
mysticism
ˈmɪstɪˌsɪzəm
narcissism
ˈnɑːsɪˌsɪzəm
neoclassicism
ˌniːəʊˈklæsɪˌsɪzəm
neuroticism
njʊˈrɒtɪˌsɪzəm
romanticism
rəʊˈmæntɪˌsɪzəm
scholasticism
skəˈlæstɪˌsɪzəm
witticism
ˈwɪtɪˌsɪzəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CLASSICISM

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classic blues
classic car
classical
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classical conditioning
classical music
classical probability
Classical school
classicalism
classicalist
classicality
classically
classicalness
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classicist
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classico
classics

WORDS THAT END LIKE CLASSICISM

agnosticism
Anglicism
anti-Catholicism
apocalypticism
athleticism
didacticism
esotericism
exoticism
hermeticism
higher criticism
homoeroticism
literary criticism
monasticism
new criticism
peripateticism
racism
Roman Catholicism
scepticism
self-criticism
skepticism
textual criticism

Synonyms and antonyms of classicism in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «classicism» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CLASSICISM

Find out the translation of classicism to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of classicism from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «classicism» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

古典
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

clasicismo
570 millions of speakers

English

classicism
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

क्लासिसिज़म
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الكلاسيكية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

классицизм
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

classicismo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রাচীনকালের শিল্পের অনুকরণ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

classicisme
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Klasikisme
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Klassizismus
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

古典主義
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

고전주의
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Klasikisme
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cổ điển chủ nghỉa
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பண்டைய கிரேக்கக் கலை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अभिजातता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

klasisizm
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

classicismo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

klasycyzm
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

класицизм
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

clasicism
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κλασικισμού
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

klassisisme
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

klassicism
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

klassisisme
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of classicism

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CLASSICISM»

The term «classicism» is regularly used and occupies the 77.737 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CLASSICISM» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about classicism

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3 QUOTES WITH «CLASSICISM»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word classicism.
1
David Chipperfield
It's unfortunate that a certain type of stripped-down classicism became the in-house architectural language for 20th-century fascism. Can an architectural language recover from such an association? Yes, I think it can, because in the end what you're talking about is a column and beam.
2
Leon Krier
If a dictator takes up my ideas, the resulting town will survive the political system that commissioned it and stand as a social good. Besides, modernism rather than classicism has dominated the architecture of totalitarian regimes of both the left and right.
3
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
After my time in Holland, an inner battle ensued in which I tried to free myself from the influence of Schinkelesque classicism.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CLASSICISM»

Discover the use of classicism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to classicism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Culture of Classicism: Ancient Greece and Rome in ...
"A conscientious and important history of the study of classicism in America during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries... Ms. Winterer sheds light on the virtual disappearance of the ancients from the modern imagination.
Caroline Winterer, 2004
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The Ideology of Classicism: Language, History, and Identity ...
This is the first systematic study of Greek classicism, a crucial element of Graeco-Roman culture under Augustus, from the perspective of cultural identity: what vision of the world and their own role in it motivated Greek and Roman ...
Nicolas Wiater, 2011
3
The Literature of Weimar Classicism
New essays providing an account of the shaping beliefs, preoccupations, motifs, and values of Weimar Classicism.
Simon Richter, 2005
4
Critical Perspectives on Classicism in Japanese Painting: ...
How did classical manners relate to other styles and themes found in Edo art? In considering such questions, the contributors to this volume hold that classicism has been an amorphous, changing concept in Japan--just as in the West.
Elizabeth Lillehoj, 2004
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Gendering Classicism: The Ancient World in Twentieth-Century ...
Not only does this book open up the work of six relatively underappreciated and very interesting novelists, but it explores how their work both reflects, and uses, the fascination with things Roman and Greek at the turn of the twentieth ...
Ruth Hoberman, 1997
6
Robert Adam: The Search for a Modern Classicism
"Author Richard John's text is both erudite and illuminating; the captions for the hundreds of colour photos are similarly informative" Period Homes Robert Adam: The Search for a Modern Classicism examines the work of Robert Adam, director ...
Richard John, 2010
7
Dutch classicism in seventeenth-century painting
With this illustrated catalogue, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen and the Städelsch Kunstistitut present the other face of the Golden Age - the painters of Dutch classicism.
Albert Blankert, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (Rotterdam, Netherlands), Städelsches Kunstinstitut (Frankfurt am Main, Germany), 1999
8
Corneille, Classicism, and the Ruses of Symmetry
Professor Greenberg's new study explains the themes of authority, power and sexuality in Corneille's major plays, drawing on the work of Foucault, and Freudian and feminist critics.
Mitchell Greenberg, 1986
9
Aristocracy, Antiquity, and History: An Essay on Classicism ...
This brilliant critique of the literature on modernity challenges the conventional approach in two fundamental ways.
A. A. M. Kinneging, 1997
10
Friedrich Nietzsche and Weimar Classicism
Opens up a fresh and original perspective on Nietzsche by showing the important influence of Weimar classicism on his work.
Paul Bishop, Roger H. Stephenson, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CLASSICISM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term classicism is used in the context of the following news items.
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China's Young Postmodern, Post-Mao Artists
... Art in 2014, it is a work that moves from left to right, morphing from a series of abstract, multi-faceted forms into a kind of futuristic classicism. «Hyperallergic, Jul 15»
2
How Greece Became European
To the north and west, however, European thinkers were fascinated with classicism and had begun to venerate the example of Greek antiquity, ... «Yahoo News UK, Jul 15»
3
Editor's Picks #422
We can use art and architecture as one way to access them. Classicism is one well established, very efficient method for achieving this. There are many others.". «Archinect, Jul 15»
4
Richter: The Enigma: A Film by Bruno Monsaingeon (1998/2014)
I favor a new Classicism, as did Prokofiev, who adored Haydn. I, too, admire Haydn for clarity and form.” We have a long moment from the finale ... «Audiophile Audition, Jul 15»
5
'I must save my life and not risk my family's safety!': Untold Stories of …
Sima expressed her opinion: “We started the Syrian Revolution because we wanted to get rid of classicism and for all of us to become equals. «Jadaliyya, Jul 15»
6
Watch reviews Rectangular watches in vogue
But in all other respects the New Retro exudes the utmost classicism, with clean lines matched with an easy-to-read dial – something that is, ... «World Tempus, Jul 15»
7
Library a treasure in terra cotta
The library is an exercise in the formal classicism of the City Beautiful Movement designed to conform to the basic Carnegie prescription for ... «Newfillmore, Jul 15»
8
Glittering marvels
... they moved between his insouciant classicism and emotional twistedness with utmost imperturbability, often, indeed, almost imperceptibly. «The Sunday Times, Jul 15»
9
Get a Beautiful Historic Renovation in Beverly for $700000
Price: $699,900. One of Henry Hale Waterman's grand early works is for sale in Beverly, home base for the architect known for his improvisational classicism. «Chicagomag.com, Jul 15»
10
David Bowie: the starman we'd been waiting for
What's missing are traces of Beatles worship, their classicism a bullet to dodge when trying to maintain eccentricity of style, and the ubiquitous ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Classicism [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/classicism>. Apr 2024 ».
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