medieval
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7.0
- adjective
- /ˌmɛdɪˈivəl/
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- As I mentioned, it's a kind of quasi medieval setting.
- medieval science
As I mentioned, it's a kind of quasi medieval setting.
- As I mentioned, it's a kind of quasi medieval setting.
- I, I mentioned, I don't really agree with Ado's take on medieval Christianity.
- You know, this is a a common idea in an ancient and medieval thought.
- It's like a medieval fantasy bar but with sci-fi elements.
- And then he found himself in Afghanistan in the worst place in the world, a medieval type environment.
- People, I think, are struck by a very difficult condition, which is a medieval condition called acedia.
- So what kinds of savage medieval hell did Bannon unleash on his enemies during this trial?
- So the book starts off with this whole like very kind of medieval witch hunt superstition thing going on.
- Partly, as the the medieval theologians used to say, the the corruption of the best becomes the worst.
- But now globally, that medieval mind, that tribal mind and our modern capacities, it's a terrible combination.
- And therefore, I think we are ethically more at fault in allowing this gap to get wider than it was in medieval times.
- And what was medieval of what was more like in, in terms of its impact on everyday life.
Examples
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And then he found himself in Afghanistan in the worst place in the world, a medieval type environment.
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It's like a medieval techno show.
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"Make gun work!" What was before him seemed straight out of a medieval nightmare.
Fiction book (1990) -
The market near the Chocolate Museum has a medieval theme.
Academic text (2005) -
It's a big change from medieval Catholic theology.
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It was just medieval in every way.
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The battle has taken on a level of hostility with shades of medieval religious wars.
Academic text (1990) -
Equally important was the fact that both rulers were still profoundly medieval in their outlook.
Academic text (2000) -
Such a breakthrough requires a move beyond the "logical" techniques of medieval science to the "introspective" techniques of transcendental method.
Academic text (2010) -
The museum holds a collection of medieval artifacts that showcase life in the Middle Ages.
Synonyms
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4.7
Not in style, like clothes or ideas from an earlier time
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9.9
Very old and not used in everyday life
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7.7
A system where lords own land and farmers work it for protection
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7.5
Old-fashioned and not modern
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7.3
From earlier times in Europe with traditional style
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8.8
Old-fashioned and not open to new ideas
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9.5
A society where a few owners of land have power and many people work for them
Old-fashioned and unfair in ideas or ways of treating people
Antonyms
Compounds
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9.9
A form of Latin used in Europe for writing, study and church work in the Middle Ages
How Old-Fashioned
Surface Forms
Etymology
A helpful way to remember medieval is its Latin parts medium 'middle' and aevum 'age', which point to the old 'middle ages'. That's why people also use medieval to mean 'very old-fashioned' or out of date, like ideas that seem from that time.