Definition of archaizing in English:
archaizing
(British archaising)
adjectiveˈɑːkeɪʌɪzɪŋˈärkēˌīziNG
Consciously imitating a word or a style of language or art that is very old or old-fashioned.
（在词语、语言或艺术风格上）有意仿古的，拟古的
拟古诗。
Example sentencesExamples
- He embodied the guiding myths of the regime - the Fascist Revolution, the omnipotence of the Duce, and the corporate state - in an archaizing, expressionist style.
- Based initially on archaizing and backward-looking models taken from medieval literature and the Gaelic Order, new identities were proposed for an Irish Ireland by the Revival.
- That lyricism - even romanticism - reassert themselves in Writing to Vermeer might be deduced from the prevalence of markings like ‘tranquillo’ and ‘dolce’ in the score, and the archaising modal purity of the opening.
- For all its archaizing grotesqueness, or partly because of that, it was the only translation of many of Nietzsche's works for almost fifty years.
- Others, such as the sculptor Arturo Martini, and Massimo Campigli, created a more archaizing style, drawing inspiration from ancient myth and Etruscan art.