Definition of "pseudo-classicism" []

• A false or affected classicism. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "It was pompous and effete with pseudo-classicism; foreign influences were strong; in the speech of the upper circles there was an over-fondness for"
• "Pope (1871) speaks of a “pseudo-classicism, the classi - cism of red heels and periwigs” (Literary Essays, Bos - ton [1891], IV, 8)."
• "It was pompous and effete with pseudo-classicism; foreign influences were strong; in the speech of the upper circles there was an over-fondness for German, French, and English words."