classicist

[ klas-uh-sist ]

noun

1. an adherent of classicism in literature or art ( romanticist ).
2. an authority on the classics; a classical scholar.
3. a person who advocates study of the ancient Greek and Roman classics.

classicist

/ ˈklæsɪkəlɪst; ˈklæsɪsɪst /

noun

1. 1. a student of ancient Latin and Greek
   2. a person who advocates the study of ancient Latin and Greek
2. an adherent of classicism in literature or art

Derived Forms

• ˌclassiˈcistic, adjective

Other Words From

• anti·classi·cal·ist noun adjective
• anti·classi·cist noun adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of classicist¹

First recorded in 1820–30; classic + -ist

Example Sentences

What will today's Ivy League alums, caught now in what Yale Law School professor Daniel Markovits dubs "The Meritocracy Trap," decide about Americans' submission to our own approximation of what Harvard political theorist and classicist Danielle Allen describes as "The Road to Serfdom" — the casino-like financing, the vicious political demagoguery and the caste-like inequities that Trump, a corrupt Supreme Court and a paralyzed Congress have all but normalized?

From Salon

His papers at the University of Illinois — he was a classicist there — have yet to be processed.

From Salon

In the first part of her career, Grande was mainly a classicist with roots in hip-hop soul, ’90s R&B and brassy show tunes.

From New York Times

Beard, an acclaimed professor of classics at Cambridge anointed “the world’s most famous classicist” by the Guardian, sets aside the typical chronological account of the lives of Roman rulers to look at their lovers and enemies, what power they wielded and how they really lived.

From Los Angeles Times

And on Wikipedia, there’s a quote by a 19th-century classicist, who says that the sisters are just appendages, and the real Gorgon is Medusa.

From Seattle Times

Related Words

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