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[ klas-uh-sist ] / ˈklæs ə sɪst / SEE SYNONYMS FOR classicist ON THESAURUS.COM
nounan adherent of classicism in literature or art (contrasted with romanticist). an authority on the classics; a classical scholar. a person who advocates study of the ancient Greek and Roman classics. Also clas·si·cal·ist [klas-i-kuh-list]. /ˈklæs ɪ kə lɪst/. Origin of classicistFirst recorded in 1820–30; classic + -ist OTHER WORDS FROM classicistan·ti·clas·si·cal·ist, noun, adjectivean·ti·clas·si·cist, noun, adjectiveWords nearby classicistclassical Sanskrit, Classical school, classic blues, classic car, classicism, classicist, classicize, classics, classification, classification schedule, classified Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for classicistAn Oxford-trained classicist, he was elected president of the Oxford Union, a post filled by several future premiers. Boris Johnson’s Churchill Man Crush|Michael F. Bishop|November 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST Shortly before his death in 1882, Charles Darwin received a letter from a physician and classicist named William Ogle. Why Aristotle Deserves A Posthumous Nobel|Nick Romeo|October 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST Classicist James Romm writes that we have replaced head-to-head competition with collaboration and self-expression. The Olympics Wimps Out on Wrestling and Competition|James Romm|February 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST Stendhal has written that a classicist is a dead romanticist. Ivory Apes and Peacocks|James Huneker
In his study of men of science Ostwald has introduced the distinction of classicist and romanticist. Major Prophets of To-Day|Edwin E. Slosson He is a sentimental Classicist, and his subjects the antithesis of the Grco-Roman ideal to which he does homage in his technique. The History of Modern Painting, Volume 1 (of 4)|Richard Muther A man so equipped was essentially a man of letters: a great deal more than a classicist, but a classicist first and foremost. Matthew Arnold|G. W. E. Russell He was a classicist who wrote with perfect coolness, just as others had written before him. A History of American Literature Since 1870|Fred Lewis Pattee
British Dictionary definitions for classicistclassicistclassicalist (ˈklæsɪkəlɪst)
noun- a student of ancient Latin and Greek
- a person who advocates the study of ancient Latin and Greek
an adherent of classicism in literature or art Derived forms of classicistclassicistic, adjectiveCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to classicistpaleontologist, writer, rightist, traditionalist, reactionary, right-winger, diehard, moderate, excavator, impressionist, romanticist, stick-in-the-mud, right, redneck, preserver, obstructionist, paleologist, prehistorian, hard hat, orthodox |