CLASSICISTIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does classicistic mean? 

• CLASSICISTIC (adjective)
  The adjective CLASSICISTIC has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to classicism

  Familiarity information: CLASSICISTIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CLASSICISTIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to classicism

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

the classicistic tradition

Pertainym:

classicism (a movement in literature and art during the 17th and 18th centuries in Europe that favored rationality and restraint and strict forms)

Derivation:

classicism (a movement in literature and art during the 17th and 18th centuries in Europe that favored rationality and restraint and strict forms)