Definition of Atticism. Meaning of Atticism. Synonyms of Atticism

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Definition of Atticism

Atticism
Atticism At"ti*cism, n. [Gr. ?.] 1. A favoring of, or attachment to, the Athenians. 2. The style and idiom of the Greek language, used by the Athenians; a concise and elegant expression.

Meaning of Atticism from wikipedia

- Atticism (meaning "favouring Attica", the region of Athens in Greece) was a rhetorical movement that began in the first quarter of the 1st century BC;...
- formalized Gr**** education system. The work of the Attic orators inspired the later rhetorical movement of Atticism, an approach to speech composition in a simple...
- their eastern centers of intellect. Some, such as Lucian, heavily favored Atticism (an artificial purist movement favoring archaic expressions), while others...
- In the history of art, Parisian Atticism is a movement in French painting from 1640 to 1660, when painters working in Paris elaborated a rigorous neo-classical...
- Flowers in the Attic is a 1979 Gothic novel by V. C. Andrews. It is the first book in the Dollanganger series, and was followed by Petals on the Wind...
- An attic (sometimes referred to as a loft) is a space found directly below the pitched roof of a house or other building. It is also known as a sky parlor...
- Look up Attic or attic in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. An attic is an area under the roof of a house. Attic may also refer to: The adjectival form...
- Neo-Attic or Atticizing is a sculptural style, beginning in ****enistic sculpture and vase-painting of the 2nd century BC and climaxing in Roman art of...
- The Christmas Attic is the second studio album by the American rock band Trans-Siberian Orchestra, released in 1998. The cover art is by Edgar Jerins...
- Three in the Attic (stylized as 3 in the Attic) is a 1968 comedy-drama film directed by Richard Wilson and starring Christopher Jones and Yvette Mimieux...