antimedieval

English

Etymology

anti- +‎ medieval

Adjective

antimedieval (not comparable)

1. Opposed to the Middle Ages.
   • 1991, Norman A. Bert, Theatre Alive!: An Introductory Anthology of World Drama, page 73:

     This antimedieval attitude began during the Renaissance. The people of this period, in a kind of adolescent spirit of rebellion, tended to denigrate their “parent age” as old-fashioned, primitive, and embarrassing.

Alternative forms

• antimediaeval