CLASSICISM Synonyms: 67 Similar and Opposite Words

classicism

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Definition of classicism

as in dignity

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Recent Examples of classicism The American public, however, may hold somewhat different views on the merits of classicism. — Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 12 June 2026 The film shows you how Lean, for all his lavishly exacting middle-of-the-road classicism, was a radical filmmaker and perhaps the key inventor (along with Hitchcock) of modern Hollywood cinema. — Guy Lodge, Variety, 22 May 2026 BelarteStudio Also at WSA, interior designer Nina Takesh will launch her Eastern Blush wallpaper collection inspired by Persian heritage, European classicism and Parisian fashion. — Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 12 May 2026 The office itself leans toward old-school classicism, its conference and sitting rooms decorated with museum-quality Hudson River School paintings and 19th-century antiques. — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 6 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for classicism

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Priorities include ensuring dignity and effective court calendar management.

— Jon Regardie, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Her advocacy puts economic dignity and workers’ rights at the center of community progress.

— The Sacramento Bee staff, Sacbee.com, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of dignity

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Steps To Take To Professionalize Your Business Basically, professionalizing a business is simply creating or implementing systems that can support the size and sophistication of the operation.

— Nellie Akalp, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026
The announcement came as Defense Secretary Wes Streeting warned that threats to British space infrastructure were growing in scale, speed, and sophistication.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of sophistication

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The stock market remains buoyant; the labor market is robust; most financial conditions indicators continue to show little restraint, either in lending or borrowing.

— Steve Liesman,Matt Peterson, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2026
Child Passenger Safety Week highlights best practices for choosing car seats and restraints for young children.

— Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of restraint

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Saariaho never once loses control of momentum and never insults her own tastefulness.

— Justin Davidson, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2026
Stern’s design, woven through and behind the original 1908 building and the 1939 addition that gave the museum its full-block width, is transformative yet inconspicuous, embodying his values of understated patriotism, historical preservation, tastefulness, and memory.

— Justin Davidson, Curbed, 3 Dec. 2025

Definition of tastefulness

Noun

The term seems to imply a mastery of all the resources of a form, displayed in a surprising context without self-conscious artfulness.

— Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026
No need to get bogged down in questions about provenance, artfulness, long-form storytelling, or even metaphors.

— Robin Givhan, Vanity Fair, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of artfulness

Noun

An emotional buildup isn’t new for them, but the clarity with which its alt-rock grandiosity is captured is—a result of trusting producer Alex Farrar, at Asheville’s Drop of Sun Studio, for the first time.

— Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 15 July 2026
Griffith’s own work looks stiff and sentimental, weighed down with melodrama and grandiosity that may have seemed dated even in 1915.

— Vivian Yee, New York Times, 20 June 2026

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