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anticlassical

anticlassical adjective: opposing or rejecting what is classical.

Adjective

anticlassical (comparative more anticlassical, superlative most anticlassical)

  1. Opposing 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

Forms of anticlassical

comparativemore anticlassical
superlativemost anticlassical

Origin of anticlassical

From anti- + classical.

Questions about anticlassical

What does anticlassical mean?
Anticlassical means opposing or rejecting what is classical.
What part of speech is anticlassical?
Anticlassical is an adjective.

Words near anticlassical in the dictionary

  1. antickly
  2. anticks
  3. anticky
  4. anticlan
  5. anticlass
  6. anticlassical
  7. anticlassicism
  8. anticlassicist
  9. anticlassicists
  10. anticlassism
  11. anticlastic

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