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medievalism
[ mee-dee-ee-vuh-liz-uhm, med-ee-, mid-ee-, mid-ee-vuh- ]
noun
- 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.
medievalism
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noun
- the beliefs, life, or style of the Middle Ages or devotion to those
- a belief, custom, or point of style copied or surviving from the Middle Ages
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
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- ²¹²Ôt¾±Â·³¾±ðd¾±Â·±ðv²¹±ô·¾±²õ³¾ noun
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of medievalism1
Example Sentences
It was a performance of “camp medievalism,†wrote scholar Megan L. Cook, one that emphasized the adventure and danger implied by the lyrics of the song.
Scratch the surface of American politics or culture, and medievalism seems to always be lurking just beneath.
For those unfamiliar, castlecore is a sort of Romantic medievalism marked by sumptuous wealth—think windswept fens, lots of metalwork, richly colored fabrics, and stone keeps haunted by desperate lovers.
It’s a kind of medievalism, in other words, that seems to have passed through a sieve of Jane Austen or Emily Brontë; now you can see it in the works of medieval-themed romantasy novels.
But this new kind of medievalism is everywhere, and it’s heavily gendered.
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