English edit

Etymology edit

medieval +‎ -istic

Adjective edit

medievalistic (comparative more medievalistic, superlative most medievalistic)

  1. Having a medieval style, though not actually from that era.
    • 2009, Elizabeth Scala, Sylvia Federico, The Post-Historical Middle Ages:
      Even in medievalistic material that manifestly reveals its non-medieval nature there is always the claim that this material is actually medieval (sometimes even more medieval than that which is recovered).
  2. Relating to the study of medievalism.
    • 1975, Acta Poloniae Historica:
      The medievalistic seminars conducted by Professor Marceli Handelsman produced a considerable number of works on society and power in the Merovingian and Carolingian Europe.