🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

신고전주의

Pronunciation / Transliteration: singojeonjuui

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Neoclassicism/ˌniː.oʊˈklæs.ɪ.zəm/
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"신고전주의는 18세기 유럽에서 유행했다."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The revival of a classical style or treatment in art, literature, architecture, or music, typically characterized by restraint, harmony, and proportion.

    "The grand courthouse was built in the style of nineteenth-century neoclassicism."
  2. 2

    A movement in European arts that drew inspiration from the classical antiquity of Greece and Rome, dominant from the mid-18th to the end of the 19th century.

    "Neoclassicism emerged as a reaction against the ornate excesses of the Baroque and Rococo styles."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combining form of the Greek 'neos' (new) combined with 'classicism', stemming from the Latin 'classicus' relating to the highest class of citizens. The term emerged in the mid-18th century during the European Enlightenment to describe the revival of aesthetic values inspired by ancient Greek and Roman art and architecture.

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