classicist

noun

clas·​si·​cist ˈkla-sə-sist How to pronounce classicist (audio)
1
: an advocate or follower of classicism
2
: a classical scholar
classicistic adjective

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The buyer paid 2 million dollars for the artifact and donated it to the Walters Art Museum, where classicists including Nigel Wilson finally got the opportunity to study the manuscript. Danny Robb, JSTOR Daily, 16 Oct. 2024 To paint things overly broadly: Ratliff was a classicist, Lammer was offbeat, and Linsky was an unabashed feelings guy. Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 26 June 2024 Many of the buildings look like skeletons, but the shops and markets stay open, by day people walk the streets, and the swank patrons of a dance club party into the night… As a filmmaker, the British director Steve McQueen might be one of the last old-school classicists. Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 9 Oct. 2024 Whereas classicists such as Johann Winckelmann looked to the work of ancient Greece and the Mediterranean, and painters like the Nazarenes moved to Rome, Friedrich barely went south of Dresden. Zachary Fine, The New Yorker, 28 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for classicist 

Word History

First Known Use

1827, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of classicist was in 1827

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“Classicist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/classicist. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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