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classicism

clas.si.cism \'klas-*-.siz-*m\ n 1a: the principles or style embodied in 
   the literature, art, or architectur e of ancient Greece and Rome 1b: 
   classical scholarship  1c: a classical idiom or expression  2: adherence to 
   traditional standards (as of simplicity, restraint, proport ion) 
   universally and enduringly valid