“+ noun
Etymology: ne- + classicism
1. : the principles or the style of neoclassical literature, art, architecture, music, or economics
in drama, neoclassicism was marked by devotion to the “Rules”: the three unities, the use of a chorus, the avoidance of violence on the stage, the use of only royal or noble characters in tragedy — Cleanth Brooks & R.B.Heilman
2. : classicism 3