What is another word for classicists?

Pronunciation: [klˈasɪsˌɪsts] (IPA)

Classicism is an aesthetic ideal that emphasizes the simplicity, clarity, and elegance of ancient Greek and Roman art and literature. Classicists are people who study and advocate for this aesthetic ideal. Synonyms for classicists include traditionalists, purists, ancientists, and conservative scholars. Traditionalists are individuals who prefer the traditional forms of art, literature, or other cultural expressions over newer or more contemporary versions. Purists are those who believe art or literature should be produced with as little change as possible from the original form. Ancientists focus specifically on the study of ancient civilization. Conservative scholars, like classicists, typically emphasize the importance of tradition and preservation of established ideas.

What are the hypernyms for Classicists?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the opposite words for classicists?

Antonyms for the word "classicists" may include modernists or contemporary thinkers who strive for new approaches, themes, and ideas in art, literature or other fields. Antonyms may also include nonconformists or rebels who reject traditional norms and values or who challenge existing perceptions and beliefs. Another antonym for classicists could be avant-garde or experimentalists who seek unconventional methods, techniques or styles to create innovative works. Alternatively, the term iconoclasts may be used, referring to those who devote themselves to the destruction of traditional or established ideas and values. In summary, classicists' antonyms reflect contrasting and divergent philosophies and ideals in the arts and other disciplines.

What are the antonyms for Classicists?

Usage examples for Classicists

I thought of my old friend again not so very long ago, when I read the account that the most brilliant of modern German classicists gives of his encounter with a French schoolmaster at Beauvais in 1870, during the Franco-Prussian war, and of the heated discussion that ensued about the comparative merits of Euripides and Racine.
"The Creed of the Old South 1865-1915"
Basil L. Gildersleeve
It was undoubtedly the weakness of contemporary English verse which reinforced the general Renaissance admiration for the classics; nor must it be forgotten that Wyatt takes, in vernacular metres and with rhyme, nearly as great liberties with the intonation and prosody of the language as any of the classicists in their unlucky hexameters and elegiacs.
"A History of English Literature Elizabethan Literature"
George Saintsbury
At Oxford and Cambridge Universities, there were the most enlightened theologians, classicists, orientalists, philologists, mathematicians, chemists, architects, and musicians.
"Our Legal Heritage, 4th Ed."
S. A. Reilly

Famous quotes with Classicists

  • Pianists call me a composer, composers call me a pianist. The classicists think me a futurist, and the futurists call me a reactionary.
    Anton Rubinstein

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