antimedieval

adj

adj

Etymology From anti- + medieval.

Opposed to the Middle Ages.

This antimedieval attitude began during the Renaissance. The people of this period, in a kind of adolescent spirit of rebellion, tended to denigrate their “parent age” as old-fashioned, primitive, and embarrassing.1991, Norman A. Bert, Theatre Alive!: An Introductory Anthology of World Drama, page 73:

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