单词 | pastist |
释义 | pastistn.adj. A. n. = passéist n. Frequently in contrast to futurist. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > maintaining state or condition > [noun] > opponent of change Tory1712 old school1749 conservatist1831 conservative1832 fossil1844 mossback1873 stand-patter1902 old school tie1920 passéist1921 pastist1921 auntie1953 old schooler1964 Luddite1970 1921 Times 26 Jan. 8/1 No, it is no use trying; I remain an incorrigible Pastist. 1932 C. G. Shaw Trends of Civilization & Culture xx. 492 There seems to be a reversion to type, as though the artist would turn evolution back upon itself... We may jest about this and speak of the ‘futurist’ as really a ‘pastist’, yet we must come to an understanding with the tendency. 1972 Contemp. Sociol. 1 410/2 Whether we choose to be ‘presentists’ or ‘pastists’, the Scots' attention to history-and-social-evolution..must make a considerable impression. 2002 National Post (Canada) (Nexis) 10 Dec. al1 Bradbury has never been a futurist; in truth, he's a pastist. He doesn't drive a car and avoids both computers and automated tellers. B. adj. = passéist adj. Frequently in contrast to futurist. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > maintaining state or condition > [adjective] > opposed to change Tory1651 unprogressive1722 conservative1802 old-line1803 improgressive1809 old school1816 conservatory1822 conservatist1835 unmarching1837 mossbacked1876 mossy1904 passéist1914 pastist1921 Luddite1957 1921 Times 26 Jan. 8/1 Parisian red pepper+buckler+lance..+undulation of Montmartre hips = erotic Pastist anachronism for tourists. 1954 Amer. Hist. Rev. 59 276 I was tempted to call this ‘pastist’ school of historians historicists. 1997 D. Deacon Elsie Clews Parsons vi. 112 In 1909 when the Italian Futurists denounced everything that was ‘pastist’ and energetically set about constructing the future in a flood of strident manifestos. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1921 |
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