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classicalist

classicalist noun: synonym of classicist.

Noun

classicalist (plural classicalists)

  1. Synonym of classicist.
    • I shall not devote a fourth section to [Andrea] Palladio, nor weary the reader with successive chapters of vituperation; but I shall, in my account of the earlier architecture, compare the forms of all its leading features with those into which they were corrupted by the Classicalists; […]1851, John Ruskin, “The Quarry”, in The Stones of Venice, volume I (The Foundations), London: Smith, Elder, and Co., […], →OCLC, § XXXIX, page 25
    Synonyms:
    classicist

Synonyms of classicalist

Forms of classicalist

pluralclassicalists

Origin of classicalist

From classical + -ist.

Questions about classicalist

What does classicalist mean?
Classicalist means synonym of classicist.
What part of speech is classicalist?
Classicalist is a noun.
What is the plural of classicalist?
The plural of classicalist is classicalists.

Words near classicalist in the dictionary

  1. classical unemployment
  2. classical unities
  3. classical unity
  4. classicalism
  5. classicalisms
  6. classicalist
  7. classicalists
  8. classicalities
  9. classicality
  10. classicalization
  11. classicalize

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