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Meaning of CLASSICIST

Pronunciation:  'klasisist

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  an artistic person who adheres to classicism
  2. [n]  a student of ancient Greek and Latin
 
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 Synonyms: classical scholar
 
 Antonyms: romantic, romanticist
 
 See Also: artist, Benjamin Jowett, creative person, Friedrich August Wolf, George Gilbert Aime Murphy, Gilbert Murray, humanist, Jowett, Latinist, Murray, Wolf

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Clas"si*cist\, n.
One learned in the classics; an advocate for the classics.
 
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 Related Terms: academician, antiquarian, antiquary, antique collector, antique dealer, antique-car collector, archaeologist, archaist, bookman, clerk, colossus of knowledge, dryasdust, genius, giant of learning, humanist, Jonathan Oldbuck, laudator temporis acti, learned clerk, learned man, literary man, litterateur, lover of learning, man of learning, man of letters, mastermind, medievalist, mine of information, Miniver Cheevy, philologist, philologue, philomath, philosophe, philosopher, plain stylist, polyhistor, polymath, Pre-Raphaelite, pundit, purist, savant, scholar, scholastic, schoolman, student, walking encyclopedia
 

 

 

 

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