Arcadian
adjective
of Arcadia.
Arcadianism
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a word derived from
Arcadian.
Example Sentences
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Arcadianism, which was thus only a side-issue for Rousseau, was the extreme expression of tendencies which appear in the speculations of other thinkers of the day.
From The Idea of Progress An inguiry into its origin and growth by J. B. (John Bagnell) Bury
The theories of Rousseau exercised at first an irresistible attraction, but modern civilisation had too strong a hold on him; he was too Parisian in temper to acquiesce for long in the doctrine of Arcadianism.
From The Idea of Progress An inguiry into its origin and growth by J. B. (John Bagnell) Bury
Professor Babbitt distrusts ecstasy as he distrusts Arcadianism.
From The Art of Letters by Robert Lynd
Arcadianism came as a reaction against euphuism, attempting to replace its artificiality by simplicity.
From John Lyly by John Dover Wilson
Artificial Arcadianism is as much the frame-work of the elegy on Diodati as it is of Lycidas.
From Milton by Mark Pattison
