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Adjective: classical kla-si-kul
- Of or relating to the most highly developed stage of an earlier civilisation and its culture
- classic
- Of recognized authority or excellence
"classical methods of navigation"
- authoritative, classic, definitive
- Of or relating to the study of the literary works of ancient Greece and Rome
"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"
- classic, Greco-Roman, Graeco-Roman, Hellenic
- Traditional genre of music conforming to an established form and appealing to critical interest and developed musical taste
- classical music, serious music
See also: classically, classics, neoclassic, neoclassical, received, standard
Type of: genre, music genre, musical genre, musical style
Antonym: nonclassical
Encyclopedia: Classical Classical, and Classicism Classic
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class Ulvophyceae
class war
class warfare
class Xanthophyceae
class Zygomycetes
class-action suit
class-conscious
classic
classic hemochromatosis
classical
classical architecture
classical ballet
classical conditioning
Classical Greek
classical haemophilia
classical hemophilia
classical Latin
classical mechanics
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