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
  • As a whole, the residences are described as a fusion of Mexican and Mediterranean modernism that lets the materiality do a lot of the speaking.
    Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 7 Feb. 2025
  • But what Zhang, an artist and feminist activist, does with her story transforms it into a work of calmly bold modernism.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • In interviews, Twigs disbursed the meanings behind her neologism, her philosophy.
    Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2025
  • Perhaps that’s why we’ve been bombarded with so many neologisms to describe mind states, like brain rot, or Eusexua.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 28 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Every language has its dialects, and each dialect can have its unique spin on colloquialisms.
    Victoria Song, The Verge, 24 Jan. 2025
  • There is even a colloquialism for those who curry favor among the moneyed on the island of Palm Beach.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Overall, Roman coinage comes with a variety of portraiture and other imagery, but every image and portrait has a purpose for whoever is deciding what to produce for the general Roman public.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2025
  • As the South Asian community has put down roots over the decades, so have the organizations devoted to creating third places – a coinage by sociologist Ray Oldenburg for the places where people can gather, socialize and bond outside work and school.
    Isha Trivedi, The Mercury News, 17 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • In fact, Mandarin itself used thousands of loanwords from Japanese and English when new disciplines such as sociology and natural science entered China’s curricula a mere century ago.
    Tenzin Dorjee, Foreign Affairs, 28 Nov. 2023
  • During this period, more than 10,000 loanwords from French entered the English language, mostly in domains where the aristocracy held sway: the arts, military, medicine, law and religion.
    Phillip M. Carter, Fortune Well, 12 June 2023
Noun
  • But an American Iron Dome has been understood by some as a euphemism for a more comprehensive, layered defense against countries like Russia, China or North Korea.
    Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
  • Angelou’s memoir was itself a part of the broader movement of women speaking publicly about parts of their lives that had so long been shrouded in euphemism, secrecy, and shame.
    TIME, TIME, 28 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • To be prudent, the organization is making small changes like limiting travel, and only stocking up on supplies for short term needs.
    Selena Simmons-Duffin, NPR, 8 Feb. 2025
  • Madrid’s struggles with their press were damning evidence that playing with all four of Mbappe, Vinicius Jr, Rodrygo and Bellingham in the team gives them little flexibility in terms of their shape when out of possession.
    Thom Harris, The Athletic, 8 Feb. 2025

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