classicist
Example Sentences
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By the late-19th century, “Grub Street” had become a generic term for ambitious, worldly—and mostly talentless—writers, everything the classicist Gissing abhorred.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025
"Edison Denisov was a classicist with very subtle yet strict logic. Alfred Schnittke was a romantic. My style could be best described as archaic."
From BBC • Mar. 14, 2025
His papers at the University of Illinois — he was a classicist there — have yet to be processed.
From Salon • Apr. 20, 2024
In the first part of her career, Grande was mainly a classicist with roots in hip-hop soul, ’90s R&B and brassy show tunes.
From New York Times • Jan. 18, 2024
Coleman is a classicist who studied at Oxford and a former consultant for McKinsey & Company who clearly enjoys his role as a provocateur.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
