classicist
noun
clas·si·cist
ˈkla-sə-sist 
1
: an advocate or follower of classicism
2
: a classical scholar
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Around 2014, Liu began bringing American classicists on lecture tours through Chinese universities.
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Chang Che, New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2026
An acclaimed classicist of sorts, and, by the way, a current superstar?
—Chris Willman, Variety, 2 Dec. 2025
But there’s still something delectable about Guillermo del Toro, a director who is both a visionary and a genre classicist, returning to the original horror novel, the tale of monsters and madmen that gave birth to all subsequent tales of monsters and madmen.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2025
The latest example came last week with Google DeepMind unveiling an AI system called Aeneas that can pinpoint the date of Latin inscriptions—a boon to classicists and historians.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 29 July 2025
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Chang Che, New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2026
An acclaimed classicist of sorts, and, by the way, a current superstar?
—Chris Willman, Variety, 2 Dec. 2025
But there’s still something delectable about Guillermo del Toro, a director who is both a visionary and a genre classicist, returning to the original horror novel, the tale of monsters and madmen that gave birth to all subsequent tales of monsters and madmen.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2025
The latest example came last week with Google DeepMind unveiling an AI system called Aeneas that can pinpoint the date of Latin inscriptions—a boon to classicists and historians.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 29 July 2025
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“Classicist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/classicist. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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