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pre-classical(dictionary)
classical(dictionary)
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Classical conditioning(health)
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post-classical(dictionary)
Classical architecture(encyclopedia)
classical economics(encyclopedia)

classical (iou)



classical adjective. L16.
[from Latin classicus CLASSIC + -AL1.]
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= CLASSIC adjective 1. L16.
C. Hill He is a classical example of a man who ruined himself by unsuccessful investment in the court.
Designating, of, or pertaining to the standard ancient Greek and Latin authors or their works, or the culture, art, architecture, etc., of Greek and Roman antiquity generally; specializing in or based on the study of the Greek and Latin classics, or Greek and Roman antiquity generally. Cf. CLASSIC adjective 2. E17.
classical antiquity: see ANTIQUITY 1.
John Bright One of the faults of a high classical education. R. V. Jones Cambridge could not find..a classical scholar who knew any engineering. G. Ewart The multitudinous / classical allusions just fill them with boredom.
Designating the form or period of a language used by ancient standard authors. M19.
classical Arabic, classical Greek, classical Hebrew, classical Latin, etc.
= CLASSIC adjective 4. M19.
J. Ruskin The classical landscape..is..the representative of perfectly trained and civilised human life. T. E. Hulme I prophesy that a period of dry, hard classical verse is coming.
spec. Designating, of, or pertaining to music characterized by clarity, regularity, and use of established forms, esp. that of the late 18th and early 19th cents. marked esp. by sonata form (cf. romantic); loosely designating so-called conventional or serious music as opp. to folk, jazz, pop, rock, etc. M19.
classical guitar: see GUITAR noun.
Designating, of, or pertaining to the form or period of an art etc. regarded as representing the height of achievement; in a long-established style of acknowledged excellence. E20.
classical ballet etc.
Designating, of, or pertaining to the first significant period of a department of study; spec. (Physics etc.) relating to or based upon concepts and theories which predate (and hence are not subject to the postulates of) relativity and quantum mechanics, based on the theories and concepts of Newton, Maxwell, etc. E20.
classical mechanics: see MECHANICS 1b.
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Hist. Of or pertaining to a classis in a Presbyterian Church. L16.
classicalism noun adherence to classical ideals, styles, etc.; interest in the classics: M19.
classi'cality noun classical quality or character; classical scholarship; an instance of classical learning; a classical feature in art etc.: E19.
classically adverb (a) in classes, in order; (b) in (a) classical manner; in a classical style; (c) as regards the classics: M17.