Anti-masonic party
a former political party (1826–35) that opposed freemasonry in civil affairs.
Read Also:
- Anti materialistic
excessively concerned with physical comforts or the acquisition of wealth and possessions, rather than with spiritual, intellectual, or cultural values. adhering to the philosophy of , a theory that regards matter as const-tuting the universe and all its phenomena. adj. 1829, from materialist + -ic. related: materialistically.
- Mechanistic
of or relating to the theory of or to . of or relating to mechanics. . historical examples aristotle expressly states that a sufficient development of mechanistic technology would abrogate slavery. the transformation of early christianity from an eschatological to a socialized movement lyford paterson edwards this explains, in some measure, the mechanistic tendencies of […]
- Mediaeval
. of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or in the style of the middle ages: medieval architecture. compare . informal. extremely old-fashioned; primitive. historical examples notice the anachronism of the transfer of the mediaeval sport to legendary greece. palamon and arcite john dryden such a belief was indeed the bedrock of mediaeval political thought. progress and […]
- Medievalism
the spirit, practices, or methods of the middle ages. devotion to or adoption of ideals or practices. a belief, practice, or the like. historical examples but above all, it is reminiscent of a medievalism wholly different from that of beowulf. the translations of beowulf chauncey brewster tinker medievalism is attractive only when seen from a […]
- Medicative
. historical examples adjective expresses ideas, simple, abstract, general and medicative; it is an abstraction in the substantive. delsarte system of oratory various