neoclassical
adjective
neo·clas·si·cal
ˌnē-ō-ˈkla-si-kəl 
variants
or less commonly neoclassic
: of, relating to, or constituting a revival or adaptation of the classical especially in literature, music, art, or architecture
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To remedy this, the Greek government embarked on excavations and a building program, erecting grandiose public edifices, museums and a university in the neoclassical style.
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Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Mar. 2024
It is decorated in a neoclassical style and pays tribute to the seventeenth-century fabulist, immortalized in a series of murals featuring his crafty foxes and unsuspecting crows.
—Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
Currently some 12,000 items are on display in the stately neoclassical edifice, but behind the scenes 150,000 more are arranged by type—cemetery reliefs, urns, statues—with slices of foam to protect them if an earthquake hits.
—Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Mar. 2024
The landscapes hang across from a smaller self-portrait, and all are executed in a neoclassical mode.
—Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2024
One was a sales conference on artificial intelligence that filled a San Jose, Calif., hockey arena to the brim, the other a conclave on interest rates, inflation and unemployment at the Federal Reserve’s white marble neoclassical headquarters in Washington.
—Jeff Sommer, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024
Rather, this boxing movie is also a work of neoclassical reckoning, in which the invocation of predecessors from the studio era gives lie to the idea of a simpler golden age.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 19 Mar. 2024
The neoclassical terrace was originally created as a string of townhouses for English royals and aristocrats.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 1 Mar. 2024
Four neoclassical European fireplaces found throughout showcase elaborate carvings.
—Spencer Elliott, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Mar. 2024
It is decorated in a neoclassical style and pays tribute to the seventeenth-century fabulist, immortalized in a series of murals featuring his crafty foxes and unsuspecting crows.
—Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
Currently some 12,000 items are on display in the stately neoclassical edifice, but behind the scenes 150,000 more are arranged by type—cemetery reliefs, urns, statues—with slices of foam to protect them if an earthquake hits.
—Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Mar. 2024
The landscapes hang across from a smaller self-portrait, and all are executed in a neoclassical mode.
—Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2024
One was a sales conference on artificial intelligence that filled a San Jose, Calif., hockey arena to the brim, the other a conclave on interest rates, inflation and unemployment at the Federal Reserve’s white marble neoclassical headquarters in Washington.
—Jeff Sommer, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024
Rather, this boxing movie is also a work of neoclassical reckoning, in which the invocation of predecessors from the studio era gives lie to the idea of a simpler golden age.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 19 Mar. 2024
The neoclassical terrace was originally created as a string of townhouses for English royals and aristocrats.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 1 Mar. 2024
Four neoclassical European fireplaces found throughout showcase elaborate carvings.
—Spencer Elliott, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
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Word History
Etymology
neo- + classical or classic entry 1
First Known Use
1877, in the meaning defined above
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