passéist

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passéist

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Borrowed from French passéiste. By surface analysis, passé + -ist.

noun passéists

  1. A person having an excessive regard for the past.

    Opposite: futurist

adjective more passéist · most passéist

  1. Having an excessive regard for the past. If Mr. Marinetti had composed a Passéist poem as well as a Futurist “record” upon the same subject, we might have been able to judge.

    Similar: passéistic · Opposite: futurist, futuristic

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noun Translations

Españolpasadista
Portuguêspassadista
Françaispasséiste
DeutschPasséist, Passéistin
Italianopassatista
Românăpaseist
Русскийпассеи́ст passeíst

adj Translations

Españolpasadista
Portuguêspassadista
Françaispasséiste
Deutschpasséistisch
Italianopassatista
Românăpaseist
Русскийпассеи́стский passeístskij

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"passéist." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/pass%C3%A9ist. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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passéist. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/pass%C3%A9ist

Chicago

"passéist." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/pass%C3%A9ist.

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@misc{passe_ist_2026,
  title = {passéist},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pass%C3%A9ist},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}