Anticlassicalist

/ˌæntɪˈklæsɪkəlɪst/ noun

Definition

A person who advocates for or practices anticlassicalism; someone opposed to classical traditions and principles.

Etymology

From anticlassicalism + -ist (practitioner). The -ist suffix identifies a person who believes in or practices the ideology.

Kelly Says

Picasso and Stravinsky were anticlassicalists—they deliberately fractured the rules of classical proportion and harmony to create something radically new and shocking.

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