Etymology

passéism

Today it means: An excessive regard for the past. Full definition →

French passéisme ← Vulgar Latin *passātus
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  1. Vulgar Latin*passātus
  2. Frenchpassé
  3. Frenchpasséisme
  4. English todaypasséism

Borrowed from French passéisme. By surface analysis, passé + -ism.

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