1. classicism

noun. ['ˈklæsɪˌsɪzəm'] a movement in literature and art during the 17th and 18th centuries in Europe that favored rationality and restraint and strict forms.

Rhymes with Classicism

• abolitionism
• absenteeism
• absolutism
• activism
• adventurism
• adventurism
• agrarianism
• alcoholism
• altruism
• amateurism
• americanism
• anachronism
• aneurism
• anglo-catholicism
• animism
• antagonism
• anthropomorphism
• anti-catholicism
• anti-catholicism
• antidisestablishmentarianism

Sentences with classicism

1. Noun, singular or mass
Conversely, popular Modern artists sought in many ways to directly rebel against classicism.