classicist
noun
an adherent of classicism in literature or art (contrasted with romanticist).
classicalist
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a variation of
classicist.
Example Sentences
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A genius will use his medium in a particular way because it serves his need; this way becomes a fixed rule which the classicalist serves.
From A Preface to Politics by Walter Lippmann
Like all inventions it will disturb deeply the classicalist tendency, and this disturbance may generate a new impulse to replace the decadent one of the pioneer.
From A Preface to Politics by Walter Lippmann
The man whom I call here the classicalist cannot possibly be creative, for the essence of his creed is that there must be nothing new under the sun.
From A Preface to Politics by Walter Lippmann
I have many arguments with my classicalist friend.
From A Preface to Politics by Walter Lippmann
Without the slightest paradox one may say that the classicalist is most foreign to the classics.
From A Preface to Politics by Walter Lippmann
