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antimediaeval

antimediaeval is the alternative form of antimedieval.

Meaning of antimedieval

Adjective

antimedieval (not comparable)

  1. Opposed to the Middle Ages.
    • This antimedieval attitude began during the Renaissance. The people of this period, in a kind of adolescent spirit of rebellion, tended to denigrate their “parent age” as old-fashioned, primitive, and embarrassing.1991, Norman A. Bert, Theatre Alive!: An Introductory Anthology of World Drama, page 73

Questions about antimediaeval

What is antimediaeval the alternative form of?
Antimediaeval is the alternative form of antimedieval.

Words near antimediaeval in the dictionary

  1. antimechanistic
  2. antimechanists
  3. antimechanization
  4. antimechanized
  5. antimedia
  6. antimediaeval
  7. antimedial
  8. antimedian
  9. antimedians
  10. antimedical
  11. antimedicalization

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Adapted from Wiktionary: antimediaeval (page history and authors); antimedieval (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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