Archaic: Adjective and Earlier Ancestral Type
archaic ar·cha·ic [ahr-key-ik] adjective 1.marked by the characteristics of an earlier period; antiquated:an archaic manner; an archaic notion.
2.(of a linguistic form) commonly used in an earlier time but rare inpresent-day usage except to suggest the older time, as inreligious rituals or historical novels. Examples: thou; wast;methinks; forsooth.
3.forming the earliest stage; prior to full development: the archaicperiod of psychoanalytic research.
4.( often initial capital letter ) pertaining to or designating the styleof the fine arts, especially painting and sculpture, developed inGreece from the middle 7th to the early 5th century b.c., chieflycharacterized by an increased emphasis on the human figure inaction, naturalistic proportions and anatomical structure,simplicity of volumes, forms, or design, and the evolution of adefinitive style for the narrative treatment of subject matter.Compare classical ( def 6 ) , Hellenistic ( def 5 ) .
5.primitive; ancient; old: an archaic form of animal life.
ARCHAIC Pronunciation (US): | |
• ARCHAIC (adjective) The adjective ARCHAIC has 2 senses:
1. so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period
2. little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type Familiarity information: ARCHAIC used as an adjective is rare.
• ARCHAIC (adjective)
Sense 1 | |
Meaning:
So extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period
Synonyms:
antiquated; archaic; antediluvian
Context examples: a ramshackle antediluvian tenement / antediluvian ideas / archaic laws
Similar:
old (of long duration; not new)
Sense 2 |
Meaning:
Little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type
Synonyms:
archaic; primitive
Context examples: archaic forms of life / primitive mammals / the okapi is a short-necked primitive cousin of the giraffe
Similar:
early (being or occurring at an early stage of development.
THERE A FEW TYPE OF ARCHAIC IN HUMAN CIVILIZATION
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2.(of a linguistic form) commonly used in an earlier time but rare inpresent-day usage except to suggest the older time, as inreligious rituals or historical novels. Examples: thou; wast;methinks; forsooth.
3.forming the earliest stage; prior to full development: the archaicperiod of psychoanalytic research.
4.( often initial capital letter ) pertaining to or designating the styleof the fine arts, especially painting and sculpture, developed inGreece from the middle 7th to the early 5th century b.c., chieflycharacterized by an increased emphasis on the human figure inaction, naturalistic proportions and anatomical structure,simplicity of volumes, forms, or design, and the evolution of adefinitive style for the narrative treatment of subject matter.Compare classical ( def 6 ) , Hellenistic ( def 5 ) .
5.primitive; ancient; old: an archaic form of animal life.
ARCHAIC Pronunciation (US): | |
• ARCHAIC (adjective) The adjective ARCHAIC has 2 senses:
1. so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period
2. little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type Familiarity information: ARCHAIC used as an adjective is rare.
• ARCHAIC (adjective)
Sense 1 | |
Meaning:
So extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period
Synonyms:
antiquated; archaic; antediluvian
Context examples: a ramshackle antediluvian tenement / antediluvian ideas / archaic laws
Similar:
old (of long duration; not new)
Sense 2 |
Meaning:
Little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type
Synonyms:
archaic; primitive
Context examples: archaic forms of life / primitive mammals / the okapi is a short-necked primitive cousin of the giraffe
Similar:
early (being or occurring at an early stage of development.
THERE A FEW TYPE OF ARCHAIC IN HUMAN CIVILIZATION
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