# classicism

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #54,692

## Definitions
1. All the classical traditions of the art and architecture of ancient Greece and Rome, especially the aspects of simplicity, elegance and proportion.
2. Classical scholarship.
3. A Latin or Ancient Greek expression used in an English sentence.

## Etymology
From classic + -ism.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/classicism