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- pronunciation:
- klae
sih
k
 l
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
of or pertaining to ancient Greek and Roman culture.
The class is studying the gods of classical mythology this semester.The museum has a new exhibit of classical sculptures.- synonyms:
- classic
- similar words:
- ancient, archaic, Greek
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| definition 2: |
having a style resembling that of Greek and Roman art and literature, esp. including the qualities of simplicity, restraint, and balance. (Cf. romantic.)
She admired classical poetry, but she found a classical style too restraining for her own compositions. |
| definition 3: |
of or pertaining to formal, composed music of the European tradition and especially to the form of this music originating in the eighteenth century. (Cf. popular, folk.)
Mozart, Beethoven, and Haydn were composers of classical music.We both enjoy classical music, but she prefers symphonies and I prefer chamber music.- similar words:
- highbrow, longhair, symphonic
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| definition 4: |
of a refined style or artistry associated with an earlier age, and especially with an age considered to mark a high point in the development of a particular aspect of culture within a particular society.
He has a strong interest in classical Chinese poetry.The class is studying classical sitar music of northern India. |
| contrasting words: |
modern, Romantic |
(adj.)classical
+ noun
album,
allusion,
analogy,
antiquity,
archaeology,
architecture,
art,
ballet,
baroque,
beauty,
canon,
chart,
cinema,
civilization,
column,
composer,
composition,
conception,
concert,
conditioning,
dance,
dancer,
definition,
distinction,
doctrine,
drawing,
economics,
economist,
ensemble,
facade,
form,
formulation,
framework,
genre,
guitar,
heritage,
ideal,
idiom,
instrument,
jazz,
label,
liberal,
liberalism,
literature,
mechanic,
mode,
model,
music,
musician,
myth,
mythology,
norm,
notion,
opera,
orchestra,
painter,
painting,
paradigm,
philosopher,
philosophy,
physics,
pianist,
piano,
poetry,
programming,
psychoanalysis,
realism,
realist,
recording,
reference,
repertoire,
repertory,
representation,
revival,
rhetoric,
rock,
ruin,
scholar,
scholarship,
sculpture,
singer,
station,
statuary,
statue,
string,
style,
technique,
text,
theater,
theme,
theologian,
theology,
theorist,
theory,
thinker,
tradition,
tragedy,
training,
tune,
violin,
violinist,
virtue,
works
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| derivations: |
classically (adv.), classicalness (n.) |
The word classical
contains the following part:
-al2, -ial, -ual
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means pertaining to
  More about this word part:
The suffix -al2, -ial
attaches primarily to nouns ( national
, environmental
) but sometimes to Latin or Greek roots ( final
, capital
, comical
) to form adjectives. See also -ar1.
Example words:
abnormal, accidental, additional, aerial, agricultural, ancestral, annual, arboreal, artificial, astral, bacterial, biblical, biographical, brutal, capital, central, ceremonial, chemical, classical, clinical, coastal, colonial, comical, commercial, confidential, constitutional, continental, continual, controversial, conventional, criminal, critical, crucial, cultural, cylindrical, dental, detrimental, developmental, economical, editorial, educational, electrical, emotional, environmental, essential, equal, exceptional, experimental, facial, factual, federal, final, financial, floral, fluvial, formal, functional, fundamental, general, global, grammatical, guttural, habitual, historical, hysterical, illogical, immoral, impersonal, impractical, individual, industrial, ineffectual, influential, internal, legal, local, logical, lyrical, magical, maniacal, mathematical, memorial, mental, moral, mortal, musical, mythical, national, natural, nautical, neutral, normal, official, parental, pastoral, personal, philosophical, plural, pluralism, pluralistic, political, potential, quizzical, racial, rational, regional, irrational, intellectual, rhythmical, sacrificial, seasonal, spinal, spiritual, technological, territorial, theatrical, thermal, tidal, traditional, tribal, typical, universal, unnatural, veridical, verbal, virtual, vocal, visual
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