Real Dictionary

neoclassicism in American English
noun: the trend or movement prevailing in the architecture of Europe, America, and various European colonies at various periods during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, characterized by the introduction and widespread use of Greek orders and decorative mo

neoclassicism in British English
noun: a late 18th- and early 19th-century style in architecture, decorative art, and fine art, based on the imitation of surviving classical models and types