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medievalism

/mee-dee-ee-vuh-liz-uhm, med-ee-, mid-ee-, mid-ee-vuh-/US // ˌmi diˈi vəˌlɪz əm, ˌmɛd i-, ˌmɪd i-, mɪdˈi və- //UK // (ˌmɛdɪˈiːvəˌlɪzəm) //

中世纪主义,中世纪,中古主义,中世纪论

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the spirit, practices, or methods of the Middle Ages.
    • : devotion to or adoption of medieval ideals or practices.
    • : a medieval belief, practice, or the like.

Examples

  • A country so energetic and advanced as Germany had clung, nevertheless, to many repellent principles of medievalism.

  • It is nothing to brag of, even if a man struggling against natural medievalism have entrenched himself in impressionist theory.

  • Julie and Suzanne followed von Arnheim to a stairway, and John was left alone with medievalism.

  • He excelled in rendering scenes of chivalry, of medievalism, and generally of the romantic aspects of the past.

  • He feared to offend a nation of readers reveling in the medievalism of Scott and Byron.