Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The spirit or the body of beliefs, customs, or practices of the Middle Ages.
- noun Devotion to or acceptance of the ideas of the Middle Ages.
- noun Scholarly study of the Middle Ages.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun That which is characteristic of the middle ages; the medieval spirit, practice, or methods in regard to anything; a peculiarity or characteristic of the middle ages.
- noun Devotion to or adoption of the spirit or practice of the middle ages; medieval tendency in thought or action, as with respect to religion or politics.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The state of being
medieval - noun uncountable The study of the
Middle Ages - noun A
custom or belief from theMiddle Ages .
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Examples
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Actually, it seems to me that in medievalism (depictions of the medieval in the modern world), non-adulterous obstacles are more common.
Literary Adultery Richard Nokes 2005
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Actually, it seems to me that in medievalism (depictions of the medieval in the modern world), non-adulterous obstacles are more common.
Archive 2005-07-01 Richard Nokes 2005
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Wolf — bad pseudo-medievalism is one of my pet peeves, but that’s an entire other blog post.
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The dissenting crowd calls that "medievalism," but it is precisely what people need and want in this soul-deadening postmodern age.
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Until the era of "medievalism," in which modern representations of the medieval came to be considered fair game for medieval scholars, Tolkien's fiction was not a proper subject for a medieval scholar to study -- not because he was producing fantasy, but because he clearly falls into the modern era.
Defending the Tolkien Snobs Richard Nokes 2005
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Until the era of "medievalism," in which modern representations of the medieval came to be considered fair game for medieval scholars, Tolkien's fiction was not a proper subject for a medieval scholar to study -- not because he was producing fantasy, but because he clearly falls into the modern era.
Archive 2005-11-01 Richard Nokes 2005
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Though, given the occasional medievalism of the Liturgical Movement, this too, is perhaps less unusual than I might think.
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Yet in one area of our Scottish existence the nation still clings to medievalism in its approach.
Stop prisoners from voting? That's criminal | Kevin McKenna 2011
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The fetishistic medievalism—Breivik seems to have designed a military dress uniform, and wants to wear it to his trial—is significant: Like Osama bin Laden and his epigones, his worldview seems mainly defined by the politics of the 13th century.
What Is Anders Breivik? Bret Stephens 2011
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But while there is no prospect of a Saudi revolution in anyone's near future, there are encouraging signs that even there, a country that for decades has toiled under the crushing medievalism of Wahhabist religious orthodoxy, change is coming.
An Arab Spring in Their Step Gerard Baker 2011
dailyword commented on the word medievalism
Bones used this word when he was treating Chekov's head wound and complaining about 20th century medicine.
June 7, 2012