archaism

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Recent Examples of archaism Narrator Mary Lewis, raised in Newfoundland herself, delivers the book in a manner that seems stilted at first but grows more appealing as Lewis moves further into the story, with its pleasing archaisms and evocation of balked communication. Katherine A. Powers, Washington Post, 21 Jan. 2020 That phrase, which may strike some young American ears as an archaism if not an oxymoron, is worth unpacking, and Amis provides readers with a pocket account of the historical preconditions of his extravagant fame. A.o. Scott, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2018 For the Latin American left, that vision has congealed into archaism. The Economist, 12 Oct. 2017 But the main challenge for any translator is to remain true to Virgil without wrenching him into archaism or stiffness. Willard Spiegelman, WSJ, 22 Sep. 2017 Full of archaisms, the language has a neo-Nabokovian extravagance, occasionally overindulgent. Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 13 Feb. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for archaism
Noun
  • Unlike more popular South Pacific destinations like Bora Bora or Moorea, Rurutu is a welcome throwback to a more mellow paradise with strong ties to traditional Polynesian culture.
    Brianna Randall, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
  • For me, cheerleading, like beauty pageants, is a rather antiquated throwback.
    Greg Cote June 22, Miami Herald, 22 June 2025
Noun
  • And Uber, by far the largest ride-hailing service in the U.S. (and a major player in myriad global markets), has no interest in watching customers migrate to another app as human drivers become an anachronism.
    Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 27 June 2025
  • And no one wants to whip out the ultimate anachronism—a laptop—in the lobby store that looks like a Midwestern grandma’s living room melded with a Swiss grandma’s chalet.
    Elise Taylor, Vogue, 25 June 2025
Noun
  • First and foremost, the movie is a period piece revisiting the horrors of the AIDS epidemic with actual horror, transforming HIV-positive patients into humans whose bodies gradually turn to marble, like X-Men crossed with the Greek antiquities wing at the Louvre.
    Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 19 May 2025
  • America had brought into the world an agent of displacement no less profound than what antiquity had known — the raw power of capitalism.
    Andrew Moore, New York Times, 15 May 2025

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