medievalism
noun
me·di·e·val·ism
ˌmē-ˈdē-və-ˌli-zəm 
mi-,
ˌme-,
-dē-ˈē-və-
1
: medieval quality, character, or state
2
: devotion to the institutions, arts, and practices of the Middle Ages
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One of the things that’s especially interesting about contemporary medievalism is that movies and TV shows will often film real medieval art or in real medieval locations.
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Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2022
Only now, youthful imaginations seem to be informed by the worlds of gaming, mysticism, and medievalism—spaces which include celebrating disabled people, senior heroes, spiritual icons, shamans, druids, and the magic of fertility, pregnancy, and motherhood.
—Sarah Mower, Vogue, 25 May 2022
Putting one on the sleek, black rectangle of your iPhone thus concocts a syrupy mélange of lithe modernism and ascetic medievalism.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2019
Endor is an appealingly weird mix of medievalism and science fiction, presided over by an imperious headmistress voiced by Kate Winslet.
—A. O. Scott, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2018
The white supremacists who gathered in Charlottesville wore their medievalism on their sleeves.
—Josephine Livingstone, New Republic, 15 Aug. 2017
At the International Medieval Congress, a top annual conference, the number of sessions on medievalism grew from 7 in 2006 to 27 in 2017.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 14 July 2017
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Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2022
Only now, youthful imaginations seem to be informed by the worlds of gaming, mysticism, and medievalism—spaces which include celebrating disabled people, senior heroes, spiritual icons, shamans, druids, and the magic of fertility, pregnancy, and motherhood.
—Sarah Mower, Vogue, 25 May 2022
Putting one on the sleek, black rectangle of your iPhone thus concocts a syrupy mélange of lithe modernism and ascetic medievalism.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2019
Endor is an appealingly weird mix of medievalism and science fiction, presided over by an imperious headmistress voiced by Kate Winslet.
—A. O. Scott, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2018
The white supremacists who gathered in Charlottesville wore their medievalism on their sleeves.
—Josephine Livingstone, New Republic, 15 Aug. 2017
At the International Medieval Congress, a top annual conference, the number of sessions on medievalism grew from 7 in 2006 to 27 in 2017.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 14 July 2017
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“Medievalism.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/medievalism. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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