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

/ ˈklæsɪsɪst; ˈklæsɪkəlɪst /

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

Modern classicists are blowing up traditional notions about ancient narratives and sparking renewed interest in the mythological women whose dramas often play out in the shadows of their male counterparts.

From Washington Post

An Oxford-trained classicist, he was elected president of the Oxford Union, a post filled by several future premiers.

From The Daily Beast

Shortly before his death in 1882, Charles Darwin received a letter from a physician and classicist named William Ogle.

From The Daily Beast

Classicist James Romm writes that we have replaced head-to-head competition with collaboration and self-expression.

From The Daily Beast

Waiting for the Barbarians By Daniel Mendelsohn A master classicist takes on subjects from the ‘Iliad’ to ‘Avatar.’

From The Daily Beast

Rent, the share of the land-owner, offered to the classicist a rather peculiar case.

From Project Gutenberg

He is a sentimental Classicist, and his subjects the antithesis of the Grco-Roman ideal to which he does homage in his technique.

From Project Gutenberg

But though he was thus essentially a classicist, a mere classicist he was not.

From Project Gutenberg

In his study of men of science Ostwald has introduced the distinction of classicist and romanticist.

From Project Gutenberg

The classicist keeps to one line of thought and develops it by himself logically and completely.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• academic
• doctor
• intellectual
• philosopher
• professor
• scientist
• student
• teacher