classicizing
classicizing is the present participle and gerund of classicize.
Meaning of classicize
Verb
classicize (third-person singular simple present classicizes, present participle classicizing, simple past and past participle classicized)
- To make classic.
- Another approach is exemplified by the performance group known as Mahligai […] which drew on traditional forms in an attempt to classicize them.2002, R. Anderson Sutton, Calling Back the Spirit: Music, Dance, and Cultural Politics in Lowland South Sulawesi, Oxford University Press, Inc., →ISBN, page 83
- To conform to the classic style.
- Mies' style, for all of its obvious modernity, is essentially rather classicizing […]1974 January 20, Paul Goldberger, “Mies Art Pavilion Opens In Houston”, in Eugene Register-Guard
Adjective
classicizing (comparative more classicizing, superlative most classicizing)
- Adopting a classical style.
- In his classicising Troilus and Criseyde, set with pagan aplomb in ancient Troy, he approvingly quotes the rhetorician Geoffrey of Vinsauf’s New Poetics.2012, Barbara Newman, “Ailments of the Tongue”, in London Review of Books, volume 34, number 6
Forms of classicizing
| comparative | more classicizing |
|---|---|
| superlative | most classicizing |
Questions about classicizing
- What does classicizing mean?
- Classicizing means adopting a classical style.
- What is classicizing the present participle and gerund of?
- Classicizing is the present participle and gerund of classicize.
- What part of speech is classicizing?
- Classicizing is an adjective.
Words near classicizing in the dictionary
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