释义 |
antiˈquarianism [f. prec. + -ism.] The profession or pursuits of the antiquarian; taste for, or devotion to, antiquities.
a1779Warburton Lett. No. 221 (T.) I used to despise him for his antiquarianism. 1803W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. I. 439 He views the earth, neither through the telescope of antiquarianism, nor the microscope of topography. 1849Freeman Archit. 4 The first phase of ecclesiology was simple antiquarianism. |