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Meaning
Adj
●
Of or
relating
to the
first class
or
rank
, especially in
literature
or art.
●
Of or
pertaining
to
established
principles
in a discipline.
●
In Music:
Describing Western
music
and
musicians
of
th
e
late
18th and early 19th centuries.
●
In Music:
Describing
art music
(
rather than
pop
,
jazz
,
blues
, etc), especially when
played
using
instruments
of the orchestra.
●
Of or
pertaining
to the
ancient
Greeks and Romans, especially to Greek or Roman
authors
of the
highest
rank
, or of the
period
when their best
literature
was
produced
; of or
pertaining
to
places
inhabited
by the
ancient
Greeks and Romans, or
rendered
famous
by their deeds.
●
Knowledgeable or
skilled
in the
classics
;
versed
in the
classics
.
●
Conforming to the best
authority
in
literature
and
art
;
chaste
;
pure
; refined
●
In Physics:
Pertaining to
models
of
physical laws
that do not take
quantum
or
relativistic
effects into
account
; Newtonian or Maxwellian.
Noun
●
One that is
classical
in some way;
for example
, a
classical
economist.
●
Short for
classical
music.
●
In Chess:
Short for
classical
chess.
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Antonyms
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Baroque
Contemporary
Renaissance
Symphonic
Gothic
Medieval
Historical
Postmodern
Modernist
Poetry
Orthodox
Ancient
Rococo
Neoclassicism
Music
Western
Literary
Hellenistic
Romanticism
Jazz
Greek
Romantic
Folk
Arts
Electronica
Aristotelian
Romanesque
Art
Realist
Melodic
Genre
Humanist
Songs
Neo
Orchestral
Modernism
Latin
Canonical
Realism
Naturalistic
Positivism
Tonal
Tradition
Folk Music
Modal Jazz
Musique Concrete
Ancient Greek
Pop Music
Rock Music
Popular Music
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