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ody of French painters (F. les néo-Grecs) of the middle 19th century. The term is rather one applied by outsiders to certain artists of grave and refined style, such as Hamon and Aubert, than a name adopted by the artists themselves.

The modern Hebrew language.

An adherent of Neo-Hegelianism.

ish and American idealists who follow Hegel in dialectical or logical method and in the general outcome of their doctrine. The founders and leaders of Neo- Hegelianism include: in England, T. H. Green (1836-1882); in Scotland, J. (1820-98) and E. (1835-1908) Caird; in the United States, W. T. Harris (1835-1909) and Jos…

Same as Romaic.

Hellenism as surviving or revival in modern times; the practice or pursuit of ancient Greek ideals in modern life, art, or literature, as in the Renaissance.

An adherent of Neo-Kantianism.

The philosophy of modern thinkers who follow Kant in his general theory of knowledge, esp. of a group of German philosophers including F. A. Lange, H. Cohen, Paul Natorp, and others.

red by the parent from change of environment, use or disuse of parts, etc.; -- opposed of Neo-Darwinism (which see, above). -- Ne`o-La*marck"i*an, a. & n.

Applied to the Romance languages, as being mostly of Latin origin.

ating, or pertaining to, a group of modern economists who hold to the Malthusianism doctrine that permanent betterment of the general standard of living is impossible without decrease of competition by limitation of the number of births. -- Ne`o- Mal*thu"sian, Ne`o-Mal*thu"sian*ism, n.

Of or pert. to Neo-Scholasticism.

y, esp. of that of Thomas Aquinas, with critical revision to suit the exigencies of the general advance in learning. The Neo-Scholastic movement received a great impetus from Leo XIII.'s interest in it.

The modern, or true, Crustacea, as distinguished from the Merostomata.

More recent than the Eocene, that is, including both the Miocene and Pliocene divisions of the Tertiary.

nging to, or designating, the modern revival of classical, esp. Greco-Roman, taste and manner of work in architecture, etc.

itecture which, since the beginning of the Italian Renaissance, about 1420, has been designed with deliberate imitation of Greco-Roman buildings.

A term applied to the lowest deposits of the Cretaceous or chalk formation of Europe, being the lower greensand.

of or pertaining to the universe in its present state; specifically, pertaining to the races of men known to history.

Government by new or inexperienced hands; upstart rule; raw or untried officials.