neoclassical

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neo·clas·si·cal | \ ˌnē-ō-ˈkla-si-kəl

variants: or less commonly neoclassic \ ˌnē-ō-ˈkla-sik

Definition of neoclassical

: of, relating to, or constituting a revival or adaptation of the classical especially in literature, music, art, or architecture

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Other Words from neoclassical

neoclassicism \ ˌnē-ō-ˈkla-sə-ˌsi-zəm

\ noun

neoclassicist \ ˌnē-ō-ˈkla-sə-sist

\ noun or adjective

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Recent Examples on the Web Located just off the famed Syntagma Square, and near the Presidential Mansion and Hellenic Parliament, the modest low-slung building is neoclassical in style, welcoming visitors through a portico with twin ionic columns. — CNN, 15 June 2021 Also featured is the trumpeter Jon Faddis, a precocious Dizzy Gillespie disciple and emulator who played bebop with a sincere passion and a neoclassical virtuosity—and who was only twenty at the time. — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 15 June 2021 The granite building was designed by architect Carlos Amarante in the neoclassical style and incorporates Baroque influences. — Lisa Chamoff, Forbes, 3 June 2021 Also an hour away from St Andrews, or less by helicopter, Kinross House has been described as the most important neoclassical Palladian mansion in Scotland, dating from 1685. — Laurie Werner, Forbes, 31 May 2021 The monument towers over us, uniquely geometric in a city of Doric columns and neoclassical fizz. — Michael S. Hopkins, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 May 2021 Over the years, the music world has repeatedly recognized Rhoads’ effortless playing and his unique neoclassical approach to heavy metal. — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 18 May 2021 The neoclassical showpiece Steinway Hall was completed in 1925 by the famed architects Whitney Warren and Charles Delevan Wetmore, of Warren and Wetmore. — New York Times, 7 May 2021 Decked out in neoclassical splendor, the Torlonia Museum opened in 1876, but only to visitors inscribed in the Golden Book of Italian Nobility, a manuscript in the Central State Archive in Rome that provided the definitive list of Italian peerage. — Ingrid D. Rowland, The New York Review of Books, 27 Apr. 2021

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