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ancientism

noun

Etymology

From ancient + -ism.

  1. derived from ante
  2. derived from *anteānus✻
  3. derived from ancien
  4. inherited from auncyen
  5. suffixed as ancientism — “ancient + ism”

Definitions

  1. The belief that people in ancient times were wiser than those of today.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA