What is another word for Medievalism?

Pronunciation: [mˈɛdɪˌiːvəlˌɪzəm] (IPA)

Medievalism refers to the cultural and social values, attitudes, or styles associated with the Middle Ages. Some synonyms for medievalism could include archaism, antiquity, anachronism, feudalism, chivalry, antique tradition, or Gothic revivalism. These synonyms highlight various aspects of medievalism, including its historical and cultural legacy, its social structure and hierarchies, its literary and artistic forms, and its romantic or nostalgic appeal. Medievalism is often associated with a romanticized view of the past, emphasizing values such as honor, loyalty, bravery, and courtly love. However, it can also be used in a negative sense to criticize outdated or narrow-minded thinking, or to describe a backward or oppressive society.

What are the hypernyms for Medievalism?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Medievalism

A country still teeming with analphabeticians and proverbial for its dense Medievalism gave to the world a writer who by the great quality of his art and the lofty spiritualism of his teaching was able not only to obtain a wide hearing throughout all civilized countries, but to become a distinct factor in the moral evolution of the age.
"Prophets of Dissent Essays on Maeterlinck, Strindberg, Nietzsche and Tolstoy"
Otto Heller
With Petrarch, the first great figure to emerge from the obscure vistas of Medievalism, the case was different.
"Horace and His Influence"
Grant Showerman
The German said she reminded him of the quaint sculpture of Nuremburg, and her character reminded him of one of the German saints, and talking of Biddy and Medievalism and Gothic art and stained glass the priest and the agent for the manufacture of stained glass in Munich walked up and down the unfinished church until the return of the plasterer reminded the priest of his embarrassments, and he took the German into his confidence.
"The Untilled Field"
George Moore

Related words: Medievalism, Medieval literature, Medieval lit, Arthurian literature

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