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atticism (AT-i-siz-em) noun

1. A characteristic feature of Attic Greek.

2. An expression characterized by conciseness and elegance

[After Attica, an ancient region of east-central Greece around Athens.]

"The syntactical simplicity of atticism characterizes the prose of Waugh's early novels."
Robert Frick, Style and structure in the early novels of Evelyn Waugh, Papers on Language & Literature, Fall 92.

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