CLASSICISM
classicism, classicalism
(noun) 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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
classicism (countable and uncountable, plural classicisms)
(uncountable) All the classical traditions of the art and architecture of ancient Greece and Rome, especially the aspects of simplicity, elegance and proportion.
(uncountable) Classical scholarship.
(countable) A Latin or Ancient Greek expression used in an English sentence.
Source: Wiktionary
Clas"si*cism, n.
Definition: A classic idiom or expression; a classicalism. C. Kingsley.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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LEAVE
(verb) go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness; “She left a mess when she moved out”; “His good luck finally left him”; “her husband left her after 20 years of marriage”; “she wept thinking she had been left behind”
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