Anticlassicist

/ˌæntɪˈklæsɪsɪst/ noun

Definition

A person who advocates for or practices anticlassicism; someone opposed to classical traditions and standards.

Etymology

From anticlassicism + -ist. Variant of anticlassicalist, both naming adherents to anticlassical ideology.

Kelly Says

Think of the anticlassicist as the artist who looks at centuries of Western tradition and says 'nope, we're going in the opposite direction'—it takes real conviction to reject beauty standards everyone agrees on.

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