Library / English Dictionary

CLASSICIST

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An artistic person who adheres to classicism

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("classicist" is a kind of...):

artist; creative person (a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination)

Antonym:

romanticist (an artist of the Romantic Movement or someone influenced by Romanticism)

Derivation:

classicism (a movement in literature and art during the 17th and 18th centuries in Europe that favored rationality and restraint and strict forms)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A student of ancient Greek and Latin

Synonyms:

classical scholar; classicist

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("classicist" is a kind of...):

humanist (a classical scholar or student of the liberal arts)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "classicist"):

Latinist (a specialist in the Latin language)

Instance hyponyms:

Benjamin Jowett; Jowett (English classical scholar noted for his translations of Plato and Aristotle (1817-1893))

George Gilbert Aime Murphy; Gilbert Murray; Murray (British classical scholar (born in Australia) who advocated the League of Nations and the United Nations (1866-1957))

Friedrich August Wolf; Wolf (German classical scholar who claimed that the Iliad and Odyssey were composed by several authors (1759-1824))

Derivation:

classics (study of the literary works of ancient Greece and Rome)

Credits