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Meaning of archaistic | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2
ɑːkeɪˈɪstɪk

Definitions

Pertaining to an archaist; deliberately archaic, old-fashioned in an affected way.

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Examples

“The emperor Augustus introduced an archaistic revival of ancient virtue and ancient religion, which caused the poem of Lucretius On the Nature of Things to become unpopular, and it remained so until the Renaissance.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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