Opposed to being ancient or classical; modern and contemporary in attitude.
From anti- (against) + -cous (from Latin -cosus, full of, or icus). A rare literary term opposing antiquity or classicism.
The anticous movement in literature valued the modern and experimental over classical forms—though ironically, we now consider many 'modern' anticous works to be classics themselves.
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