Medievalism
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The state of being medieval. countable, uncountable
"It is striking, and quite in character with the man, that he [Sir Walter Scott], who had popularised a romantic notion of the Middle Ages, should be a convinced supporter of the railway, which was effectively to destroy the few traces of medievalism that had survived into the society of his time."
- 2 The study of the Middle Ages. uncountable
- 3 A custom or belief from the Middle Ages. countable, uncountable
Example
More examples"It is striking, and quite in character with the man, that he [Sir Walter Scott], who had popularised a romantic notion of the Middle Ages, should be a convinced supporter of the railway, which was effectively to destroy the few traces of medievalism that had survived into the society of his time."
Etymology
From medieval + -ism.
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