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Neoclassic

Neoclassic \Ne`o*clas"sic\, Neoclassical \Ne`o*clas"si*cal\, a. Belonging to, or designating, the modern revival or adaptation of classical, esp. Greco-Roman, style, taste and manner of work in architecture, arts, literature, etc.

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neoclassic

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neoclassic

adj. characteristic of a revival of an earlier classical style [syn: neoclassical]

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Neoclassic (automobile)
For the artistic movement, see Neoclassicism, and for the music style, see Neoclassicism (music)

A neoclassic, in automobile circles, is a car that is made somewhat in the image of the classic cars of the 1920s and 1930s (as defined by, for example, the Classic Car Club of America) without being necessarily intended as a full replica.

The term originated with the Excalibur of the 1960s in the United States, and has been applied to a number of makes (i.e. Panther, Zimmer, Clénet, Thoroughbred Motors, etc.) since.

Usage examples of "neoclassic".

Bernard specialized in the Directoire, Empire, and neoclassic styles of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.

Italianate rather than neoclassic style, its three stories shown by the tall windows with arched tops.

The architecture is Modern Neoclassic, which the best architects decry with some justice, but which is the closest approach in stainless steel, glass and planed limestone to that Grecian ideal which has been irrevocably planted in the human mind as the proper form of a public building.

The house was a graceful neoclassic beauty misplaced among New England maples and hemlocks, and he envisioned, as he had so often in the past, a home more destined for music and laughter: lovely balls with candlelit chandeliers and swirling couples, charming girls in flowing skirts, dashing young gentlemen.