NEOCLASSICIST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does neoclassicist mean? 

• NEOCLASSICIST (noun)
  The noun NEOCLASSICIST has 1 sense:

1. an advocate of neoclassicism

  Familiarity information: NEOCLASSICIST used as a noun is very rare.

• NEOCLASSICIST (adjective)
  The adjective NEOCLASSICIST has 1 sense:

1. relating to or advocating neoclassicism

  Familiarity information: NEOCLASSICIST used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NEOCLASSICIST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An advocate of neoclassicism

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("neoclassicist" is a kind of...):

advocate; advocator; exponent; proponent (a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea)

Derivation:

neoclassicism (revival of a classical style (in art or literature or architecture or music) but from a new perspective or with a new motivation)

• NEOCLASSICIST (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relating to or advocating neoclassicism

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

neoclassicist; neoclassicistic

Pertainym:

neoclassicism (revival of a classical style (in art or literature or architecture or music) but from a new perspective or with a new motivation)