Meanings
- uncountableSynonym of antiquarianism.
We cannot help congratulating the public on this very uncommon attempt to revive the uſeful but too much neglected art of antiquariſm.
1763, The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature, volume 16, page 1022 more examples
Well, I confess my forgetfulness; but what historian, who ever gets free from mere antiquarism, can help forgetting? A modern realism surely does no greater violence to history than antiquarism.
1899, Alfred Henry Lloyd, Philosophy of History: An Introduction to the Philosophical Study of Politics, page 150Thus, absolute antiquarism, as well as an absolute presentism, exist as tendencies, and the extreme realization of either leads to absurdity.
1997, Philosophia Mathematica, page 23Synonyms: antiquarianism
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of antiquarianism.
Origin
Cite this entry
antiquarism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antiquarism
“antiquarism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antiquarism. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “antiquarism,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antiquarism.
Source: antiquarism on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.