CLASSICS

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Study of the literary works of ancient Greece and Rome

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("classics" is a kind of...):

literary study (the humanistic study of literature)

Derivation:

classicist (a student of ancient Greek and Latin)

Credits