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archaism

/ahr-kee-iz-uhm, -key-/US // ˈɑr kiˌɪz əm, -keɪ- //UK // (ˈɑːkɪˌɪzəm, -keɪ-) //

古代主义,古老主义,陈旧主义,古代化

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : something archaic, as a word or expression.
    • : the use of what is archaic, as in literature or art: The archaism of the novelist's style provided a sense of the period.
    • : the survival or presence of something from the past: The art of letter writing is becoming an archaism.

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Examples

  • As for the archaism, that is well enough for those who like it.

  • The archaism of the English would represent the archaism of the Greek.

  • The archaism of their silhouettes strikes us from the first, as much as their isolation in such a place.

  • In Latin poetry the epode was cultivated, in conscious archaism, both as a part of the ode and as an independent branch of poetry.

  • It is of moment to know with some precision what is the degree of archaism conventionally required in speaking on any given topic.