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synonyms for Atticism

  • grandeur
  • Hellenism
  • balance
  • clarity
  • class
  • classicalism
  • dignity
  • elegance
  • excellence
  • finish
  • formality
  • lucidity
  • majesty
  • neoclassicism
  • nobility
  • objectivity
  • polish
  • proportion
  • propriety
  • purity
  • rationalism
  • refinement
  • rhythm
  • severity
  • simplicity
  • sobriety
  • sublimity
  • symmetry
  • Ciceronianism
  • aesthetic principle
  • conventional formality
  • formal style
  • grand style
  • high art
  • pure taste

antonyms for Atticism

MOST RELEVANT
  • bad manners
  • crudeness
  • disproportion
  • imbalance
  • unevenness
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How to use Atticism in a sentence

Atticism: because he is here imitating a well-known passage in Demosthenes's speech against schines.Keightley.
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE PROSE AND POETICAL WORKS OF JOHN MILTONHIRAM CORSON
This last has especially charmed me; it is remarkable for grace, delicacy, atticism, and precision.
AMIEL'S JOURNALHENRI-FRDRIC AMIEL
The style of this gem of a novel is finely cut, clear and beautiful in its pure Atticism.
ESSAYS ON THE GREEK ROMANCESELIZABETH HAZELTON HAIGHT
His style is pure and simple, and ancient critics praise his “Atticism.”
ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, 11TH EDITION, VOLUME 2, SLICE 2VARIOUS
SYNONYM OF THE DAY
OCTOBER 26, 1985
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