"classical" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈklæsɪkl̩/ Audio: En-us-classical.ogg [US] Forms: more classical [comparative], most classical [superlative]
Etymology: See classic § Etymology for history. By surface analysis, class + -ical = classic + -al Etymology templates: {{surf|en|class|-ical}} By surface analysis, class + -ical, {{suffix|en|classic|al}} classic + -al Head templates: {{en-adj}} classical (comparative more classical, superlative most classical)
  1. Of or relating to the first class or rank, especially in literature or art.
    Sense id: en-classical-en-adj-094~DAhd
  2. Of or pertaining to established principles in a discipline.
    Sense id: en-classical-en-adj-mp10sfPA
  3. (music) Describing Western music and musicians of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-classical-en-adj-3zcrep~X Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  4. (informal, music) Describing art music (rather than pop, jazz, blues, etc), especially when played using instruments of the orchestra. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Music Translations (describing a style of music): klassisk (Danish), klassisch (German), klasszicista (Hungarian), классикалық (klassikalyq) (Kazakh), ōkawa (Maori), clasurol (Welsh), uchawdurol (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-classical-en-adj-1T4fUFsR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 0 5 17 6 1 0 16 13 15 19 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music Disambiguation of 'describing a style of music': 3 2 27 41 6 2 2 17
  5. Of or pertaining to the ancient Greeks and Romans, especially to Greek or Roman authors of the highest rank, or of the period when their best literature was produced; of or pertaining to places inhabited by the ancient Greeks and Romans, or rendered famous by their deeds. Translations (Greek and Roman): klassisk (Danish), classique (French), klassisch (German), klasszikus (Hungarian), antik (Hungarian), clasaiceach (Irish), classico (Italian), clássico (Portuguese), класси́ческий (klassíčeskij) (Russian), класичан [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), klasičan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), clásico (Spanish), clasurol (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-classical-en-adj-FS0eIzM1 Disambiguation of 'Greek and Roman': 11 1 6 3 65 2 2 10
  6. Knowledgeable or skilled in the classics; versed in the classics.
    Sense id: en-classical-en-adj-zlOGHO2g
  7. Conforming to the best authority in literature and art; chaste; pure; refined Translations (literature etc): تَقْلِيدِيّ (taqlīdiyy) (Arabic), كْلَاسِيكِيّ (klāsikiyy) (Arabic), դասական (dasakan) (Armenian), klassik (Azerbaijani), класі́чны (klasíčny) (Belarusian), клясы́чны (kljasýčny) [Taraškievica] (Belarusian), класи́чески (klasíčeski) (Bulgarian), کلاسیکی (klasîkî) (Central Kurdish), 古典的 (gǔdiǎn de) (Chinese Mandarin), klasický (Czech), klassisk (Danish), klassiek (Dutch), klasika (Esperanto), classique (French), clásico [masculine] (Galician), კლასიკური (ḳlasiḳuri) (Georgian), klassisch (German), klasszikus (Hungarian), klasika (Ido), clasaiceach (Irish), classico (Italian), 古典的 (kotenteki) (alt: こてんてき) (Japanese), 古典 (koten) (alt: こてん) (Japanese), классикалық (klassikalyq) (Kazakh), 고전적 (gojeonjeok) (Korean), 고전 (gojeon) (Korean), класичен (klasičen) (Macedonian), klassisk (Norwegian Bokmål), کلاسیک (kelâsik) (Persian), klasyczny (Polish), clássico (Portuguese), clasic (Romanian), класси́ческий (klassíčeskij) (Russian), класичан [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), klasičan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), klasický (Slovak), klasičen (Slovene), clásico (Spanish), klassisk (Swedish), klasik (Turkish), класи́чний (klasýčnyj) (Ukrainian), klassik (Uzbek), cổ điển (Vietnamese), clasurol (Welsh), uchawdurol (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-classical-en-adj-iaJbEWOh Disambiguation of 'literature etc': 31 0 0 0 29 0 40 0
  8. (physics) Pertaining to models of physical laws that do not take quantum or relativistic effects into account; Newtonian or Maxwellian. Categories (topical): Physics Translations (in physics): klassisk (Danish), चिरसम्मत (cirsammat) (Hindi), klasszikus (Hungarian), классикалық (klassikalyq) (Kazakh)
    Sense id: en-classical-en-adj-2H9AV1lX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 0 5 17 6 1 0 16 13 15 19 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'in physics': 9 8 4 5 6 9 9 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: classic (english: see Usage notes regarding differentiation.) Translations (art etc): դասական (dasakan) (Armenian), کلاسیکی (klasîkî) (Central Kurdish), klassisk (Danish), classique (French), klassisch (German), klasszikus (Hungarian), komoly- (note: of music) (Hungarian), clasaiceach (Irish), classico (Italian), классикалық (klassikalyq) (Kazakh), کلاسیک (klâsik) (Persian), clássico (Portuguese), класси́ческий (klassíčeskij) (Russian), класичан [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), klasičan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), klasičen (Slovene), clásico (Spanish), klassisk (Swedish), clasurol (Welsh), uchawdurol (Welsh)

Noun

IPA: /ˈklæsɪkl̩/ Audio: En-us-classical.ogg [US] Forms: classicals [plural]
Etymology: See classic § Etymology for history. By surface analysis, class + -ical = classic + -al Etymology templates: {{surf|en|class|-ical}} By surface analysis, class + -ical, {{suffix|en|classic|al}} classic + -al Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} classical (countable and uncountable, plural classicals)
  1. (countable) One that is classical in some way; for example, a classical economist. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-classical-en-noun-LjX9NCMv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -al, English terms suffixed with -ical Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 0 5 17 6 1 0 16 13 15 19 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 9 0 5 14 6 1 2 14 23 12 14 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -al: 8 2 6 14 5 3 2 13 22 12 15 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ical: 8 2 6 14 5 3 2 13 22 12 15
  2. Short for classical music. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: classical music
    Sense id: en-classical-en-noun-y0Ci6N95 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 0 5 17 6 1 0 16 13 15 19
  3. (chess) Short for classical chess. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: classical chess Categories (topical): Chess
    Sense id: en-classical-en-noun-u0af9Vzl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 0 5 17 6 1 0 16 13 15 19 Topics: board-games, chess, games

Inflected forms

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      "word": "anteclassical"
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      "word": "classical antiquity"
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      "word": "Classical antiquity"
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      "word": "Classical Armenian"
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      "word": "Classical Chinese"
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      "word": "classical cipher"
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      "word": "classical computer"
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    {
      "word": "classical conditioning"
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    {
      "word": "Classical English"
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      "word": "classical era"
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    {
      "word": "Classical Greece"
    },
    {
      "word": "Classical Greek"
    },
    {
      "word": "classical guitar"
    },
    {
      "word": "classical guitarist"
    },
    {
      "word": "classical hadrodynamics"
    },
    {
      "word": "Classical Hebrew"
    },
    {
      "word": "classical history"
    },
    {
      "word": "classical inheritance"
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      "word": "classicalist"
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      "word": "classicalization"
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      "word": "classicalize"
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      "word": "Classical Japanese"
    },
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      "word": "classical language"
    },
    {
      "word": "Classical Latin"
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      "word": "classical liberal"
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    {
      "word": "classical liberalism"
    },
    {
      "word": "classical logic"
    },
    {
      "word": "classically"
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    {
      "word": "classical mechanics"
    },
    {
      "word": "classical Meitei"
    },
    {
      "word": "classical music"
    },
    {
      "word": "Classical Nahuatl"
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      "word": "classicalness"
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    {
      "word": "classical physics"
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    {
      "word": "classical planet"
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    {
      "word": "Classical Sanskrit"
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      "word": "Classical Studies"
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    {
      "word": "classical studies"
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    {
      "word": "Classical Syriac"
    },
    {
      "word": "classical thermodynamics"
    },
    {
      "word": "Classical Tupi"
    },
    {
      "word": "classical unemployment"
    },
    {
      "word": "classical unity"
    },
    {
      "word": "epiclassical"
    },
    {
      "word": "neoclassical"
    },
    {
      "word": "nonclassical"
    },
    {
      "word": "paleoclassical"
    },
    {
      "word": "preclassical"
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    {
      "word": "pseudoclassical"
    },
    {
      "word": "quasiclassical"
    },
    {
      "word": "semiclassical"
    },
    {
      "word": "superclassical"
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    {
      "word": "unclassical"
    }
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    },
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        "3": "al"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "See classic § Etymology for history. By surface analysis, class + -ical = classic + -al",
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      "form": "more classical",
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        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most classical",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
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      "args": {},
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    }
  ],
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    "clas‧si‧cal"
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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        {
          "ref": "1727, John Arbuthnot, Tables of Ancient Coins, Weights and Measures Explain'd and Exemplify'd in Several Dissertations, page 15",
          "text": "... Mr. Greaves, who may be juſtly reckoned a Claſſical Author on this Subject.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "Of or pertaining to established principles in a discipline."
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          "established",
          "established"
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        [
          "principle",
          "principle"
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        [
          "discipline",
          "discipline"
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      "categories": [
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        "Describing Western music and musicians of the late 18th and early 19th centuries."
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        [
          "music",
          "music"
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          "Western",
          "Western"
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          "musician",
          "musician"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(music) Describing Western music and musicians of the late 18th and early 19th centuries."
      ],
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        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        "English informal terms",
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      ],
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        "Describing art music (rather than pop, jazz, blues, etc), especially when played using instruments of the orchestra."
      ],
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        [
          "music",
          "music"
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        [
          "art music",
          "art music"
        ],
        [
          "orchestra",
          "orchestra"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, music) Describing art music (rather than pop, jazz, blues, etc), especially when played using instruments of the orchestra."
      ],
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        "informal"
      ],
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        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    },
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        {
          "ref": "1853, Thomas Babington Macaulay, \"Atterbury, Francis\" in Encyclopædia Britannica (8th ed.). Dated through The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, page 344",
          "text": "He [Atterbury] directed the classical studies of the undergraduates of his college."
        }
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      ]
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        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "a classical scholar"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022 July 27, Brian Seibert, “Dormeshia Coasts On Her Tap Mystery In 'Rhythm Is Life'”, in New York Times",
          "text": "But she’s not just classy; she’s classical: so deeply versed in tap tradition and technique that she has the whole of it at her command and never has to worry.",
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        }
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          "classics",
          "classics"
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          "versed",
          "versed"
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      ]
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    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "classical dance."
        },
        {
          "text": "1848, Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume 1, page 151.\nClassical, provincial, and national synods."
        }
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      "glosses": [
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          "chaste"
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          "pure",
          "pure"
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          "refined",
          "refined"
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    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "quantum"
        },
        {
          "word": "relativistic"
        }
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        "en:Physics"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Pertaining to models of physical laws that do not take quantum or relativistic effects into account; Newtonian or Maxwellian."
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        [
          "physics",
          "physics"
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        [
          "quantum",
          "quantum"
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        [
          "relativistic",
          "relativistic"
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        [
          "Newtonian",
          "Newtonian"
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        [
          "Maxwellian",
          "Maxwellian"
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        "(physics) Pertaining to models of physical laws that do not take quantum or relativistic effects into account; Newtonian or Maxwellian."
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        "physical-sciences",
        "physics"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈklæsɪkl̩/"
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    {
      "english": "see Usage notes regarding differentiation.",
      "word": "classic"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "taqlīdiyy",
      "sense": "literature etc",
      "word": "تَقْلِيدِيّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "klāsikiyy",
      "sense": "literature etc",
      "word": "كْلَاسِيكِيّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "dasakan",
      "sense": "literature etc",
      "word": "դասական"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "literature etc",
      "word": "klassik"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "klasíčny",
      "sense": "literature etc",
      "word": "класі́чны"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "kljasýčny",
      "sense": "literature etc",
      "tags": [
        "Taraškievica"
      ],
      "word": "клясы́чны"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "klasíčeski",
      "sense": "literature etc",
      "word": "класи́чески"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "gǔdiǎn de",
      "sense": "literature etc",
      "word": "古典的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "literature etc",
      "word": "klasický"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "literature etc",
      "word": "klassisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "literature etc",
      "word": "klassiek"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "literature etc",
      "word": "klasika"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "literature etc",
      "word": "classique"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "literature etc",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "clásico"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ḳlasiḳuri",
      "sense": "literature etc",
      "word": "კლასიკური"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "literature etc",
      "word": "klassisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "literature etc",
      "word": "klasszikus"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "literature etc",
      "word": "klasika"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "literature etc",
      "word": "clasaiceach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "literature etc",
      "word": "classico"
    },
    {
      "alt": "こてんてき",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kotenteki",
      "sense": "literature etc",
      "word": "古典的"
    },
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      "alt": "こてん",
      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "koten",
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      "word": "古典"
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      "code": "kk",
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      "roman": "klassikalyq",
      "sense": "literature etc",
      "word": "классикалық"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gojeonjeok",
      "sense": "literature etc",
      "word": "고전적"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
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      "sense": "literature etc",
      "word": "고전"
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      "code": "ckb",
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      "word": "کلاسیکی"
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
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      "word": "класичен"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "literature etc",
      "word": "klassisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
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      "sense": "literature etc",
      "word": "کلاسیک"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "literature etc",
      "word": "klasyczny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "literature etc",
      "word": "clássico"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "literature etc",
      "word": "clasic"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "klassíčeskij",
      "sense": "literature etc",
      "word": "класси́ческий"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "literature etc",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "класичан"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "literature etc",
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    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
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      "sense": "literature etc",
      "word": "klasičen"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "literature etc",
      "word": "clásico"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "literature etc",
      "word": "klassisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "literature etc",
      "word": "klasik"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "klasýčnyj",
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      "word": "класи́чний"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "literature etc",
      "word": "klassik"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "literature etc",
      "word": "cổ điển"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "literature etc",
      "word": "clasurol"
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    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "literature etc",
      "word": "uchawdurol"
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    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "describing a style of music",
      "word": "klassisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
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    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
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    {
      "code": "kk",
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    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
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    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
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    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
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    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "Greek and Roman",
      "word": "klassisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Greek and Roman",
      "word": "classique"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Greek and Roman",
      "word": "klassisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
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    {
      "code": "hu",
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    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
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    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Greek and Roman",
      "word": "classico"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Greek and Roman",
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    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
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      "word": "класси́ческий"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
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      "word": "класичан"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "code": "es",
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    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
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    {
      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "in physics",
      "word": "klassisk"
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      "code": "hi",
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      "roman": "cirsammat",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "code": "kk",
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      "code": "hy",
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    {
      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "art etc",
      "word": "klassisk"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "art etc",
      "word": "classique"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "art etc",
      "word": "klassisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
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    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
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      "word": "komoly-"
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    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "art etc",
      "word": "clasaiceach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "art etc",
      "word": "classico"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
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      "word": "классикалық"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "klasîkî",
      "sense": "art etc",
      "word": "کلاسیکی"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
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      "word": "کلاسیک"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "art etc",
      "word": "clássico"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "art etc",
      "word": "класси́ческий"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "art etc",
      "word": "clásico"
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      "sense": "art etc",
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          "text": "Similarly, the new classicals never claimed to be Austrians, nor did they ever make the attempt to meet Austrian objections. Therefore, we cannot fault them for not using this methodology. Nevertheless, new classicals constantly preach […]",
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          "ref": "2015 November 3, solskytz, “IM Greg Shahade: \"Slow Chess should die a fast death\"”, in Chess.com",
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          "ref": "2022 September 23, Brian Pempus, “Hans Niemann Eliminated, Magnus Carlsen A -350 Betting Favorite To Win Online Chess Event”, in Forbes",
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