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classicism

noun

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

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Word length
10
Starts with
C
Ends with
M
Contains
LA
Scrabble score
16
CEFR level
A1

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noun

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

    “Classicism often derived its models from the ancient Greeks and Romans”

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Classicism often derived its models from the ancient Greeks and Romans

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