Renaissancist
/rɪˈneɪs(ə)nsɪst/ /rɪˈneɪsɑːnsɪst/rare
noun
A scholar who specializes in the study of the Renaissance period.
- Chiefly used with the implication that the scholar overstates the importance of the period and is ignorant of or blind to continuities between medieval and Renaissance Europe..
adjective
Of or relating to the Renaissance period.
Origin
Late 19th century (in an earlier sense). From Renaissance + -ist.