passéism

noun

An excessive regard for the past.

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pastism
OriginFrench passéisme ← Vulgar Latin *passātus →
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Meanings

nounpasséism (uncountable)
  1. uncountableAn excessive regard for the past.

    Synonyms: pastism

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn excessive regard for the past.

Similar
pastism
Also see
pastism

Origin

  1. Vulgar Latin*passātus
  2. Frenchpassé
  3. Frenchpasséisme
  4. Englishpasséism

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

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Translations

French passéisme
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German Passéismus
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Italian passatismo
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Polish paseizm
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Portuguese passadismo
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Romanian paseism
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Russian пассеи́зм
  • пассеи́зм (passeízm)Translations
Ukrainian пасеїзм
  • пасеїзм (pasejizm)Translations
Cite this entry
APA

passéism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pass%C3%A9ism

MLA

“passéism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pass%C3%A9ism. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “passéism,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pass%C3%A9ism.

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