adj.

1. 1. Of or relating to the ancient Greeks and Romans, especially their art, architecture, and literature.
   2. Conforming to the artistic and literary models of ancient Greece and Rome.
   3. Versed in the classics: a classical scholar.
2. Of or relating to the most artistically developed stage of a civilization: Chinese classical poetry.
3. Music.
   1. Of or relating to European music during the latter half of the 18th and the early 19th centuries.
   2. Of or relating to music in the educated European tradition, such as symphony and opera, as opposed to popular or folk music.
4. Of, relating to, or being a variety of a language that is epitomized by a prestigious body of literature.
5. 1. Standard and authoritative rather than new or experimental: classical methods of navigation.
   2. Well-known; classic: the classical argument between free trade and protectionism.
6. Of or relating to physics that can be described without the use of quantum mechanics or relativity.
7. Relating to or consisting of studies in the humanities and general sciences: a classical curriculum.

classicality clas'si·cal'i·ty (-kăl'ĭ-tē) or clas'si·cal·ness n.
classically clas'si·cal·ly adv.

adjective

1. Having the nature of, constituting, or serving as a type: archetypal, archetypic, archetypical, classic, model, paradigmatic, prototypal, prototypic, prototypical, quintessential, representative, typic, typical. See same/different/compare, usual/unusual.
2. Characterized by enduring excellence, appeal, and importance: classic, vintage. See good/bad.

adj

Definition: concerning ancient culture; traditional
Antonyms: modern

adj

Definition: simple, chaste
Antonyms: complicated

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Term which, with its related forms such as ‘classic’ and ‘classicism’, has been applied to a variety of music from different cultures and is taken to mean any that does not belong to folk or popular traditions; it is also applied to any collection of music regarded as a model of excellence or formal discipline. But its chief application is to the Viennese Classical idiom which flourished in the late 18th century and the early 19th, above all in the hands of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven. Among its musical characteristics are the use of dynamics and orchestral colour in a thematic way; the use of rhythm, including periodic structure and harmonic rhythm, to give definition to large-scale forms, along with the use of modulation to build longer spans of tension and release (most of the music is cast in sonata form or closely related forms); and the witty, typically Austrian mixture of comic and serious strains. It is no coincidence that this period was one of keen interest in classical antiquity; most of Gluck's ‘reform’ operas, composed at the beginning of this period, are based on classical subjects.

The term ‘neo-classicism’ has been applied to the 18th-century revival of interest in classical antiquity. In music it is more often applied to the early 20th-century movement, led by Stravinsky, which revived the balanced forms and clearly perceptible thematic processes of earlier styles to replace what seemed the increasingly exaggerated gestures and the formlessness of late Romanticism; see NEO-CLASSICAL.

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1. A term derived from the Latin word classicus, meaning of ‘of the highest class’ and used to indicate a high point in the development of a particular society or civilization.

2. In art history the term refers to Greek art of the 5th and 4th centuries bc: the classical period.

In its strictest definition in literary criticism, classicism refers to works of ancient Greek or Roman literature. The term may also be used to describe a literary work of recognized importance (a "classic") from any time period or literature that exhibits the traits of classicism. Classical authors from ancient Greek and Roman times include Juvenal and Homer. Examples of later works and authors now described as classical include French literature of the seventeenth century, Western novels of the nineteenth century, and American fiction of the mid-nineteenth century such as that written by James Fenimore Cooper and Mark Twain.

IN BRIEF: Traditional and not experimental or new.

Classical music is the kind we keep thinking will turn into a tune. — Kin Hubbard (1868-1930).

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - klassisk, antik

idioms:

• classical antiquity    antikken

Nederlands (Dutch)
klassiek, betreffende de klassieke oudheid, classicistisch, klassikaal

Français (French)
adj. - classique

idioms:

• classical antiquity    antiquité classique

Deutsch (German)
adj. - klassisch, humanistisch

idioms:

• classical antiquity    Antike, klassisches Altertum

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - κλασικός, πρότυπος, κλασικής εποχής ή τεχνοτροπίας, (για μουσική) κλασική, σοβαρή

idioms:

• classical antiquity    κλασική αρχαιότητα

Italiano (Italian)
classico

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - clássico

Русский (Russian)
классический

Español (Spanish)
adj. - clásico

idioms:

• classical antiquity    antigüedad clásica

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - klassisk, traditionell

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
古典的, 古典主义的, 正统派的

idioms:

• classical antiquity    古代的遗物

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 古典的, 古典主義的, 正統派的

idioms:

• classical antiquity    古代的遺物

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 고전 문학의, 고전주의의, 최고급의, 전통적인

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 古典の, 古典に関する, 古典的な, 正統的な, クラシックの

idioms:

• classical antiquity    古代文明

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) كلاسيكي, عظيم, من الطراز الأول, تقليدي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מסורתי, מעולה, קלסי‬

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