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NEOCLASSICISM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does neoclassicism mean?
• NEOCLASSICISM (noun)
The noun NEOCLASSICISM has 1 sense:
1. revival of a classical style (in art or literature or architecture or music) but from a new perspective or with a new motivation
Familiarity information: NEOCLASSICISM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Revival of a classical style (in art or literature or architecture or music) but from a new perspective or with a new motivation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("neoclassicism" is a kind of...):
artistic style; idiom (the style of a particular artist or school or movement)
arts; humanistic discipline; humanities; liberal arts (studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills))
Derivation:
neoclassical (characteristic of a revival of an earlier classical style)
neoclassicist (an advocate of neoclassicism)
neoclassicistic (relating to or advocating neoclassicism)
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