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NEOCLASSICIST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does neoclassicist mean?
• NEOCLASSICIST (noun)
The noun NEOCLASSICIST has 1 sense:
1. an advocate of neoclassicism
Familiarity information: NEOCLASSICIST used as a noun is very rare.
• NEOCLASSICIST (adjective)
The adjective NEOCLASSICIST has 1 sense:
1. relating to or advocating neoclassicism
Familiarity information: NEOCLASSICIST used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An advocate of neoclassicism
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("neoclassicist" is a kind of...):
advocate; advocator; exponent; proponent (a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea)
Derivation:
neoclassicism (revival of a classical style (in art or literature or architecture or music) but from a new perspective or with a new motivation)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Relating to or advocating neoclassicism
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Synonyms:
neoclassicist; neoclassicistic
Pertainym:
neoclassicism (revival of a classical style (in art or literature or architecture or music) but from a new perspective or with a new motivation)
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