classicist
Americannoun
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an adherent of classicism in literature or art (romanticist ).
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an authority on the classics; a classical scholar.
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a person who advocates study of the ancient Greek and Roman classics.
noun
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a student of ancient Latin and Greek
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a person who advocates the study of ancient Latin and Greek
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an adherent of classicism in literature or art
Other Word Forms
- anticlassicalist noun
- anticlassicist noun
- classicistic adjective
Etymology
Origin of classicist
Example Sentences
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Ms. Kuin, a classicist at the University of Virginia, presents many of them in “Diogenes: The Rebellious Life and Revolutionary Philosophy of the Original Cynic.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025
"Edison Denisov was a classicist with very subtle yet strict logic. Alfred Schnittke was a romantic. My style could be best described as archaic."
From BBC • Mar. 14, 2025
His papers at the University of Illinois — he was a classicist there — have yet to be processed.
From Salon • Apr. 20, 2024
“The classicist who wants to be modern, meeting the modernist who wants to be classical.”
From New York Times • Jun. 2, 2023
Coleman is a classicist who studied at Oxford and a former consultant for McKinsey & Company who clearly enjoys his role as a provocateur.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
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