antiquarism
antiquarism noun: synonym of antiquarianism.
Noun
antiquarism (uncountable)
- Synonym of antiquarianism.
- We cannot help congratulating the public on this very uncommon attempt to revive the uſeful but too much neglected art of antiquariſm.1763, The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature, volume 16, page 102
- Well, I confess my forgetfulness; but what historian, who ever gets free from mere antiquarism, can help forgetting? A modern realism surely does no greater violence to history than antiquarism.1899, Alfred Henry Lloyd, Philosophy of History: An Introduction to the Philosophical Study of Politics, page 150
- Synonyms:
- antiquarianism
Synonyms of antiquarism
Origin of antiquarism
From antiquary + -ism.
Questions about antiquarism
- What does antiquarism mean?
- Antiquarism means synonym of antiquarianism.
- What part of speech is antiquarism?
- Antiquarism is a noun.
Words near antiquarism in the dictionary
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