classicist
an 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 Romanclassics.
Origin of classicist
1- Also clas·si·cal·ist [klas-i-kuh-list]. /ˈklæs ɪ kə lɪst/.
Other words from classicist
- an·ti·clas·si·cal·ist, noun, adjective
- an·ti·clas·si·cist, noun, adjective
Words Nearby classicist
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How to use classicist in a sentence
An Oxford-trained classicist, he was elected president of the Oxford Union, a post filled by several future premiers.
Shortly before his death in 1882, Charles Darwin received a letter from a physician and classicist named William Ogle.
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 | THE DAILY BEASTWaiting for the Barbarians By Daniel Mendelsohn A master classicist takes on subjects from the ‘Iliad’ to ‘Avatar.’
Rent, the share of the land-owner, offered to the classicist a rather peculiar case.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen Leacock
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 MutherBut though he was thus essentially a classicist, a mere classicist he was not.
Matthew Arnold | G. W. E. RussellIn his study of men of science Ostwald has introduced the distinction of classicist and romanticist.
Major Prophets of To-Day | Edwin E. SlossonThe classicist keeps to one line of thought and develops it by himself logically and completely.
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British Dictionary definitions for classicist
classicalist (ˈklæsɪkəlɪst)
/ (ˈklæsɪsɪst) /
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 classicist
- classicistic, adjective
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