anticlassical

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adjective

Opposing or rejecting what is classical.

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Meanings

adjectiveanticlassical (comparative more anticlassical, superlative most anticlassical)

comparative more anticlassical · superlative most anticlassical

  1. artOpposing or rejecting what is classical.

    Nothing in the decorative scheme derives from classical architecture — indeed it could be said to be anticlassical, so thoroughly does it bypass traditional design.

    2009 May 3, Christopher Gray, “Fidel Castro Slept Here”, in New York Times

Origin

From anti- + classical.

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Translations

Portuguese anticlássico
  • anticlássicoopposing or rejecting what is classical
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APA

anticlassical. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anticlassical

MLA

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Chicago

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