pseudo-classicismn.
/ˌs(j)uːdəʊˈklasᵻsɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˌsudoʊˈklæsəˌsɪz(ə)m/ False, spurious, or imitative classicism; an instance of this.
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decoruma1568
humoura1568
variety1597
strength1608
uniformity1625
barbarity1644
freedom1645
boldness1677
correctness1684
clinquant1711
unity1712
contrast1713
meretriciousness1727
airiness1734
pathos1739
chastity1760
vigour1774
prettyism1789
mannerism1803
serio-comic1805
actuality1812
largeness1824
local colour1829
subjectivitya1834
idealism1841
pastoralism1842
inartisticalitya1849
academicism1852
realism1856
colour contrast1858
crampedness1858
niggling1858
audacity1859
superreality1859
literalism1860
pseudo-classicism1861
sensationalism1862
sensationism1862
chocolate box1865
pseudo-classicality1867
academism1871
actualism1872
academicalism1874
ethos1875
terribilità1877
local colouring1881
neoclassicism1893
mass effect1902
attack1905
verismo1908
kitsch1921
abstraction1923
self-consciousness1932
surreality1936
tension1941
build-up1942
sprezzatura1957
1861 Atlantic Monthly Mar. 269/2 Racine and Molière perpetuated in tragedy and comedy a pseudo-classicism.
1871 J. R. Lowell Pope in Prose Wks. (1890) IV. 8 A pseudo-classicism, a classicism of red heels and periwigs.
1887 Athenæum 8 Oct. 461/3 Given over to rococo triviality or elephantine pseudo-classicism.
1933 Archit. Rev. 74 facing p. 47 (caption) The plaster and concrete pseudo-classicism of Wembley.
1963 V. Hall Short Hist. Lit. Crit. vii. 47 It was he who formulated the unities of time and space which are often considered to be the very hallmark of pseudoclassicism.
1999 Italica 76 25 Striving to follow classical rules while adding trendy techniques, Jesuits practiced a pseudoclassicism.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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