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classicist
[ klas-uh-sist ]
noun
- an adherent of classicism in literature or art ( romanticist ).
- an authority on the classics; a classical scholar.
- a person who advocates study of the ancient Greek and Roman classics.
classicist
/ ˈklæsɪkəlɪst; ˈklæsɪsɪst /
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
- ˌˈپ, adjective
Other Word Forms
- t·s·· noun adjective
- t·s· noun adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of classicist1
Example Sentences
Many contemporary classicists emphasize that these festivals were “a central part of the life of democratic Athens,” to quote Robert Connor.
"Edison Denisov was a classicist with very subtle yet strict logic. Alfred Schnittke was a romantic. My style could be best described as archaic."
His papers at the University of Illinois — he was a classicist there — have yet to be processed.
In the first part of her career, Grande was mainly a classicist with roots in hip-hop soul, ’90s R&B and brassy show tunes.
And on Wikipedia, there’s a quote by a 19th-century classicist, who says that the sisters are just appendages, and the real Gorgon is Medusa.
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