noun
- Traditional genre of music conforming to an established form and appealing to critical interest and developed musical taste.
- synonyms: classical music, serious music
adjective
- Of or relating to the most highly developed stage of an earlier civilisation and its culture.
- usage: "classic Cinese pottery"
- synonyms: classic
- Of recognized authority or excellence.
- usage: "the definitive work on Greece"; "classical methods of navigation"
- synonyms: authoritative, classic, definitive
- Of or relating to the study of the literary works of ancient Greece and Rome.
- usage: " a classical scholar"
- Language) having the form used by ancient standard authors. ( "classical Greek
- Of or pertaining to or characteristic of the ancient Greek and Roman cultures."classical mythology"; "classical
- synonyms: classic, Greco-Roman, Graeco-Roman, Hellenic
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