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Meanings of classicalism in English

Portuguese
classicismo
Catalan
classicisme
Spanish
clasicismo

A movement in literature and art during the 17th and 18th centuries in Europe that favored rationality and restraint and strict forms.

classicismo
Synonyms
Examples for "classicism"
Examples for "classicism"
1
In Germany, French classicism had got an even firmer hold than in England.
A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century
2
The Revolution even intensified the reigning classicism by giving it a republican turn.
A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century
3
We regard as a decided mistake the revived classicism of the last generation.
Lectures and Essays
4
The green glass Lever Building of Park Avenue up against brutish Stalinist classicism.
The Guardian
5
Johnson's version is a shapeless blob of intuition, half-learned history and cod classicism.
The Guardian
Usage of classicalism in English
1
The United States, you imagine, would of all nations be the freest from classicalism.
A Preface to Politics
2
The psychological descent into classicalism is always a strong possibility.
A Preface to Politics
3
Sited in the subtropical zone of Oaktier, the capital was a monument to both progress and classicalism.
The evolutionary void
4
We have almost no spiritual weapons against classicalism: universities, churches, newspapers are by-products of a commercial success; we have no tradition of intellectual revolt.
A Preface to Politics
5
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.
The New Machiavelli
Translations for classicalism
Portuguese
classicismo
Spanish
clasicismo
Classicalism through the time