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‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr.
a. [ Neo- + Gr.
n. [ Neo- + Christianity. ] Rationalism. [ 1913 Webster ]
. All that architecture which, since the beginning of the Italian Renaissance, about 1420, has been designed with deliberate imitation of Greco-Roman buildings. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. a revival of the classical Greek and Roman style in art or literature. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
n. an advocate of neoclassicism. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
n. Control by a powerful country of its former colonies (or other less developed countries) by economic pressures. In contrast to
n. [ From Neocomium, the Latin name of Neuchatel, in Switzerland, where these rocks occur. ] (Geol.) A term applied to the lowest deposits of the Cretaceous or chalk formation of Europe, being the lower greensand. [ 1913 Webster ]