Definition of: neo-classicism

(nē′ō·klas′ə·siz′əm) noun
1. A revival of classical style in literature, art, etc.
2. In the later 17th and the 18th centuries, an esthetic and philosophical movement which sought to recover the classical spirit of order and moderation: characterized by close adherence to rules and conventional forms, restraint in the expression of emotion, and an emphasis on the typical and general rather than the individual or eccentric.
—ne′o-clas′si·cist noun