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‖ passéisme|pɑseizm| [Fr.] Adherence to and regard for the traditions and values of the past, esp. in the arts. So passéist(e), a traditionalist, one who is backward-looking (also attrib. or as adj.).
1914Wyndham Lewis Let. 14 June (1963) 62 There are certain artists in England who do not belong to the Royal Academy nor to any of the passéist groups, and who do not on that account agree with the futurism of Sig. Marinetti. 1927R. Fry Let. 4 Aug. (1972) II. 603 I've never been a Passéist—I was a Futurist but I have gradually trained myself to be a Presentist. 1943Wyndham Lewis Let. 15 Oct. (1963) 368, I remember that clown Marinetti (the ‘father of fascism’) and his bellowings about ‘passéisme’ and his proposal to destroy all the pictures and buildings reminding people of the Past in Italy. 1953― Let. 23 Nov. (1963) 552 In editing Blast I regarded the contributions of Ezra as compromisingly passéiste. 1962Times 12 Apr. 18/5 Delacroix was far more of a passéiste than the author suggests. 1968Listener 29 Feb. 259/1 The old conflict between passéiste faculty and antipasséiste students is over. |