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All classicistic synonyms

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adjective classicistic

  • classic — A classic example of a thing or situation has all the features which you expect such a thing or situation to have.
  • humanistic — a person having a strong interest in or concern for human welfare, values, and dignity.
  • doric — of or relating to Doris, its inhabitants, or their dialect.
  • grecian — Greek (especially with reference to ancient Greece).
  • greek — of or relating to Greece, the Greeks, or their language.
  • hellenic — of, relating to, or characteristic of the ancient Greeks or their language, culture, thought, etc., especially before the time of Alexander the Great. Compare Hellenistic (def 3).
  • ionic — Architecture. noting or pertaining to one of the five classical orders that in ancient Greece consisted of a fluted column with a molded base and a capital composed of four volutes, usually parallel to the architrave with a pulvinus connecting a pair on each side of the column, and an entablature typically consisting of an architrave of three fascias, a richly ornamented frieze, and a cornice corbeled out on egg-and-dart and dentil moldings, with the frieze sometimes omitted. Roman and Renaissance examples are often more elaborate, and usually set the volutes of the capitals at 45° to the architrave. Compare composite (def 3), Corinthian (def 2), Doric (def 3), Tuscan (def 2).
  • latin — an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
  • academic — Academic is used to describe things that relate to the work done in schools, colleges, and universities, especially work which involves studying and reasoning rather than practical or technical skills.
  • attic — An attic is a room at the top of a house just below the roof.
  • roman — a metrical narrative, especially in medieval French literature.
  • scholastic — of or relating to schools, scholars, or education: scholastic attainments.
  • augustan — characteristic of, denoting, or relating to the Roman emperor Augustus Caesar (63 bc–14 ad), his period, or the poets, notably Virgil, Horace, and Ovid, writing during his reign
  • homeric — of, relating to, or suggestive of Homer or his poetry.
  • virgilian — pertaining to or characteristic of the poet Vergil.
  • belletristic — Of, pertaining to, or having the characteristics of belles-lettres.
  • bookish — Someone who is bookish spends a lot of time reading serious books.
  • canonic — canonical
  • canonical — If something has canonical status, it is accepted as having all the qualities that a thing of its kind should have.
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