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passéist

passéist noun: a person having an excessive regard for the past.

Noun

passéist (plural passéists)

  1. A person having an excessive regard for the past.
    Antonyms:
    futurist

Adjective

passéist (comparative more passéist, superlative most passéist)

  1. Having an excessive regard for the past.
    • If Mr. Marinetti had composed a Passéist poem as well as a Futurist “record” upon the same subject, we might have been able to judge.1914, “Futurism and Form in Poetry”, in The Fortnightly Review, volume 101
    • The last section of the film contrasted a Futurist with a passéist five-o'clock tea.2000, Günter Berghaus, International Futurism in Arts and Literature
    Synonyms:
    passéistic
    Antonyms:
    futurist, futuristic

Synonyms of passéist

  • passéistic

Antonyms

Forms of passéist

Noun
pluralpasséists
Adjective
comparativemore passéist
superlativemost passéist

Origin of passéist

Borrowed from French passéiste.

Questions about passéist

What does passéist mean?
Passéist means a person having an excessive regard for the past.
What part of speech is passéist?
Passéist can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of passéist?
The plural of passéist is passéists.

Words near passéist in the dictionary

  1. passymeasure
  2. passymeasures
  3. passé
  4. passée
  5. passéism
  6. passéist
  7. passéists
  8. passés
  9. past
  10. past active participle
  11. past active participles

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