medievalism
medievalism noun: the state of being medieval.
Noun
medievalism (countable and uncountable, plural medievalisms)
- The state of being medieval.
- It is striking, and quite in character with the man, that he [Sir Walter Scott], who had popularised a romantic notion of the Middle Ages, should be a convinced supporter of the railway, which was effectively to destroy the few traces of medievalism that had survived into the society of his time.1951 February, Michael Robbins, “Sir Walter Scott and Two Early Railway Schemes”, in Railway Magazine, page 90
- The study of the Middle Ages.
- A custom or belief from the Middle Ages.
medievalism meaning in Tamil
medievalism in Tamil
- இடைக்காலப் பிற்போக்கியம்
Forms of medievalism
| plural | medievalisms |
|---|---|
| alternative form | mediaevalism |
Origin of medievalism
From medieval + -ism.
Words formed from medievalism
Questions about medievalism
- What does medievalism mean?
- Medievalism means the state of being medieval.
- What is medievalism in Tamil?
- Medievalism in Tamil is இடைக்காலப் பிற்போக்கியம். See Medievalism meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is medievalism?
- Medievalism is a noun.
- What is the plural of medievalism?
- The plural of medievalism is medievalisms.
Words near medievalism in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: medievalism (page history and authors); medievalism (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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