archaistic
Collocations
4ADJ.
ancient, modern
VERB + ARCHAISTIC
introduced
ARCHAISTIC + NOUN
revival
PREP.
in
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adj
Pertaining to an archaist; deliberately archaic, old-fashioned in an affected way.
The emperor Augustus introduced an archaistic revival of ancient virtue and ancient religion, which caused the poem of Lucretius On the Nature of Things to become unpopular, and it remained so until the Renaissance.
noun
Archaistic themes, motifs, items, etc.
As in the case of Renaissance Italy, it is precisely the presence of the archaistic in the modern that is so fascinating to the cultural historian.
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2The emperor Augustus introduced an archaistic revival of ancient virtue and ancient religion, which caused the poem of Lucretius On the Nature of Things to become unpopular, and it remained so until t
WiktionaryAs in the case of Renaissance Italy, it is precisely the presence of the archaistic in the modern that is so fascinating to the cultural historian.
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