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classical
noun
1 classical
Traditional genre of music conforming to an established form and appealing to critical interest and developed musical taste.
synonyms: classical music, serious music.
Dutch: klassieke muziek
Polish: muzyka poważna, muzyka klasyczna
adjective
1 classical
Of or relating to the first significant period of a civilization, culture, area of study, etc.:
— Classical Marxism.
synonym: classic.
Roget 850:
in good taste,
cute,
tasteful,
tasty;
unaffected,
pure,
chaste,
classical,
attic;
cultivated,
refined;
dainty;
esthetic,
aesthetic,
artistic;
elegant
etc.
578;
euphemistic.
to one's taste,
to one's mind;
after one's fancy;
comme il faut [Fr.];
tire a quatre epingles [Fr.].
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Roget 578:
elegant,
polished,
classical,
Attic,
correct,
Ciceronian,
artistic;
chaste,
pure,
Saxon,
academical†.
graceful,
easy,
readable,
fluent,
flowing,
tripping;
unaffected,
natural,
unlabored†;
mellifluous;
euphonious,
euphemism,
euphemistic;
numerose†,
rhythmical.
felicitous,
happy,
neat;
well put,
neatly put,
well expressed,
neatly expressed
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2 classical
Of or relating to the study of the literary works of ancient Greece and Rome.
3 classical
Of or relating to the languages used by ancient standard authors.
4 classical
Well-known and long-established in form or style:
— A classical ballet.
synonym: classic.
5 classical
physics Relating to or based on concepts that preceded the theories of relativity and quantum mechanics.
6 classical
Of or relating to music in the European tradition, such as symphonies and operas.
7 classical
Of or pertaining to or characteristic of the ancient Greeks and Romans, especially their art, literature, or culture:
— Classical mythology.
— The classical world.
synonyms: Graeco-Roman, Greco-Roman.
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