to classicize
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9.4
- verb
- /ˈklæsɪˌsaɪz/
- Formal
- Designers often classicize furniture styles to evoke a sense of timeless elegance.
- classicizing motifs
- classicizing style
- classicizing imagery
Examples
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Who knows why Milton wants to classicize these names rather than using the English transliteration of the of the Hebrew?
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An Italianate, classicizing style commanded the most attention.
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But if this was the case, why not simply employ Greek script to accompany classicizing images?
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The style is calm, idealized, and classicizing.
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The classicizing motifs on the vessel vary in their relations to antique models.
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Nonetheless, classicizing evidence of the tenth century continues to be privileged in discussions of the S. Marco bowl.
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Nor does the small frieze share the same highly classicizing style as the larger procession on the exterior precinct walls.
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Brescian painter Jos Perovani provided classicizing murals for the Havana cathedral and other religious works in the first two decades of the nineteenth century.
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Denby noted that, "as folk and ballroom steps have been classicized in the past... so Balanchine has been classicizing movements from our Negro and show steps, as well as from our modern recital dance."
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Imported from Genoa, Italy, the fountain adorned the city with its white Carrara marble and classicizing style, extolling Tacn as a great civic-minded patron.
Academic text (2013)
Antonyms
How Classical
- Formal
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9.4
- Specialized
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7.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word classicize is made from classic and the verb ending -ize, and it means 'to make something have a classical or traditional style'. The root classic comes from a Latin idea of the top 'class' and was used for famous Greek and Roman art, so to classicize something is to give it that old, respected style.