passéism
/ˈpɑːseɪɪz(ə)m/ /ˈpaseɪɪz(ə)m/ /paˈseɪɪz(ə)m/(also passéisme)
noun
A deprecated adherence to and regard for the traditions and values of the past, especially in the arts. Chiefly opposed to futurism.
Origin
1940s; earliest use found in Wyndham Lewis (1882–1957), artist and writer. From French passéisme from passé the past + -isme, after Italian passatismo (F. T. Marinetti et al. Contro Venezia Passatista in Manifesti del Futurismo 32).
- short
- short-acting
- shortage
- short and sweet
- short-arm
- short-arse
- short back and sides
- short bone
- shortbread
- shortcake
- short-change
- short circuit
- shortcoming
- short commons
- short corner
- short covering
- shortcrust
- shortcrust pastry
- shortcut
- short-dated
- short-day
- short division
- short-eared owl
- shorten
- short end