单词 | pastism |
释义 | pastismn. Excessive reverence for the past; nostalgia. Frequently used in explicit contrast to futurism. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > retrospection, reminiscence > [noun] > old memories > longing for the past nostalgy1846 nostalgia1900 pastism1921 1921 W. De Morgan Old Man's Youth xxvii. 258 The late fifties were still under the spell of Pastism. 1962 Listener 30 Aug. 326/3 The Jugendbewegung was sterile ‘past-ism’ by contrast with contemporary futurism. 1986 M. R. Anand Panorama 232 There is no pastism possible and no futurism either. Life compels facing up to the realities of the human condition. 2002 New Statesman (Nexis) 24 June The Nazi dredging up of ancient rubbish was packaging for the world's chattering classes; Mussolini used futurism for the same purposes as Hitler used pastism. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1921 |
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