Atticism

Attic +‎ -ism. Compare solecism and barbarism.

Atticism (plural Atticisms)

1. The style and idiom of Attic, the Ancient Greek Athenian dialect
2. A well-turned phrase; a concise manner of speech or expression
3. (historical) A favouring of, or attachment to Attica and the Athenians
4. (historical) A rhetorical movement that began in the 1st century BC, which strove to emulate classical Attic style and usage in reaction against the perceived vulgarities of the Koine
5. (historical) The wordings and phrasings typical of this movement, especially as contrasted with the Koine

• Atticist
• Atticistic

• Tacitism, mastitic