A person who opposes modernism and advocates for traditional values, methods, and ways of life.
From antimodernism + -ist (a suffix indicating a person who practices or advocates for something). This term emerged in the 19th century to describe individuals organized against modernization.
Some famous antimodernists were surprisingly intellectually rigorous—like T.S. Eliot and other literary figures who weren't just grumbling about change but developing complex arguments about what traditional societies preserved that modern ones might lose.
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