Definition of Neoclassic

1. Adjective. Characteristic of a revival of an earlier classical style.

Exact synonyms: Neoclassical
Similar to: Classic, Classical
Derivative terms: Neoclassicism

Definition of Neoclassic

1. a. Belonging to, or designating, the modern revival of classical, esp. Greco-Roman, taste and manner of work in architecture, etc.

Definition of Neoclassic

1. Adjective. neoclassical ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Neoclassic

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Neoclassic

neoburlesque
neocapitalist
neocapitalists
neocarida
neocarratetraose 4-O-monosulfate beta-hydrolase
neocarzinostatin
neocarzinostatins
neocembrene
neocene
neocentromere
neocentromeres
neocentromeric
neocerebellum
neochymotrypsinogen
neocinchophen
neocolonial
neocolonialism
neocolonialisms
neocolonialist
neocolonialists
neocolony

Literary usage of Neoclassic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical, and by Russell Sturgis (1901)
"Hence the baldness and primness of their detail, and the lack of the charm which a free invention gave neoclassic OF ..."

2. A History of European and American Sculpture from the Early Christian Period by Chandler Rathfon Post (1921)
"GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE neoclassic STYLE THE desire to imitate the antique more closely than in the typically baroque and rococo styles had been ..."

3. A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical, and by Russell Sturgis (1901)
"Ю. B. That of France, of Germany, Spain, and other nations of the continent of Europe, which was based upon or suggested by the Italian neoclassic style ..."

4. Architecture and Urbanization in Colonial Chiapas, Mexico by Sidney David Markman (1984)
"is a curious and rather exuberant version of the neoclassic style, especially the ... The Ayuntamiento in San Cristóbal de las Casas The splendid neoclassic ..."

5. A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical, and by Russell Sturgis (1901)
"The town hall and the Supreme Court building are of late neoclassic ... The town hall is of a rather florid neoclassic. design with two orders superimposed. ..."

6. Puerto Rico by Don Philpott (2003)
"There are fine examples of European neoclassic, Spanish Colonial, Ponce-Creole, Town Creole, Residential Town Creole, neoclassic Creole and superior ..."

7. A Study of the Artist's Way of Working in the Various Handicrafts and Arts by Russell Sturgis (1905)
"Marble statues and busts were often highly polished in antiquity and in the neoclassic l epoch. Indeed, the Greeks and the artists of the Greco- Roman ..."

8. The Artist's Way of Working in the Various Handicrafts and Arts of Design by Russell Sturgis (1905)
"Marble statues and busts were often highly polished in antiquity and in the neoclassic 1 epoch. Indeed, the Greeks and the artists of the Greco- Roman ..."

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