classicism

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: clas=si=cism

CIDE DICTIONARY

classicism, n. 

 A classic idiom or expression; a classicalism.  C. Kingsley.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

classicism, n.
1 the following of a classic style.
2 a classical scholarship. b the advocacy of a classical education.
3 an ancient Greek or Latin idiom.

Derivative

classicist n.

ROGET THESAURUS

classicism

Elegance

N elegance, purity, grace, ease, gracefulness, readiness, concinnity, euphony, numerosity, Atticism, classicalism, classicism, well rounded periods, well turned periods, flowing periods, the right word in the right place, antithesis, purist, elegant, polished, classical, Attic, correct, Ciceronian, artistic, chaste, pure, Saxon, academical, graceful, easy, readable, fluent, flowing, tripping, unaffected, natural, unlabored, mellifluous, euphonious, euphemism, euphemistic, numerose, rhythmical, felicitous, happy, neat, well put, neatly put, well expressed, neatly expressed.