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antimedieval

antimedieval adjective: opposed to the Middle Ages.

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

Forms of antimedieval

alternative formantimediaeval

Origin of antimedieval

From anti- + medieval.

Questions about antimedieval

What does antimedieval mean?
Antimedieval means opposed to the Middle Ages.
What part of speech is antimedieval?
Antimedieval is an adjective.

Words near antimedieval in the dictionary

  1. antimedian
  2. antimedians
  3. antimedical
  4. antimedicalization
  5. antimedicine
  6. antimedieval
  7. antimelancholic
  8. antimelancholics
  9. antimelanization
  10. antimelanogenesis
  11. antimelanogenic

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