classicalist

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noun

Synonym of classicist.

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Meanings

nounclassicalist (plural classicalists)

plural classicalists

  1. Synonym of classicist.

    I shall not devote a fourth section to [Andrea] Palladio, nor weary the reader with successive chapters of vituperation; but I shall, in my account of the earlier architecture, compare the forms of all its leading features with those into which they were corrupted by the Classicalists; […]

    1851, John Ruskin, “The Quarry”, in The Stones of Venice, volume I (The Foundations), London: Smith, Elder, and Co., […], →OCLC, § XXXIX, page 25

    Synonyms: classicist

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of classicist.

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Origin

From classical + -ist.

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APA

classicalist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/classicalist

MLA

“classicalist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/classicalist. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “classicalist,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/classicalist.

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