antimodernists
Opponents of change
Antimodernists are people who oppose modernism—whether in art, architecture, theology, or social values.
The term covers religious traditionalists rejecting secular trends, critics of abstract art, or anyone resisting what they see as the erosion of established standards: The antimodernists on the committee blocked the building's contemporary design.
Upholders of established customs
- reactionariesThose opposing progressive change
- conservativesAdvocates for gradual change
- skepticsThose who doubt claims
- detractorsPeople who criticize
naysayers · opponents · dissenters · contrarians · purists · fundamentalists · curmudgeons · iconoclasts
Preference for existing institutions
- orthodoxyAdherence to accepted beliefs
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
ancestry · continuity · preservation · restoration · classicism · piety · doctrine · dogma
Active resistance or dissent
- rejectionDenial of acceptance
- backlashStrong negative reaction
- defianceOpen resistance to authority
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
dissent · refusal · boycott · countermovement · pushback · obstruction · nonconformity · disobedience
Mobile livestock husbandry
- agrarianismDoctrine valuing farm life
- romanticismEmotional, imaginative worldview
- primitivismIdealization of pre-modern life
- archaismObsolete but preserved phrasing
revivalism · pre-industrial · bucolic · idyllic · rustic · artisanal · handicraft · medievalism
traditionalists
Upholders of established customs
- reactionariesThose opposing progressive change
- conservativesAdvocates for gradual change
- skepticsThose who doubt claims
detractors · naysayers · opponents · dissenters · contrarians · purists · fundamentalists · curmudgeons · iconoclasts · doubters
conservatism
Preference for existing institutions
- orthodoxyAdherence to accepted beliefs
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
ritual · ancestry · continuity · preservation · restoration · classicism · piety · doctrine · dogma · canon
opposition
Active resistance or dissent
protest · dissent · refusal · boycott · countermovement · pushback · obstruction · nonconformity · disobedience · revolt
pastoralism
Mobile livestock husbandry
- agrarianismDoctrine valuing farm life
- romanticismEmotional, imaginative worldview
- primitivismIdealization of pre-modern life
archaism · revivalism · pre-industrial · bucolic · idyllic · rustic · artisanal · handicraft · medievalism · neoclassicism
antimodernistsmodernists
Advocates of contemporary approaches
progressives · modernizers · reformers · progressivists · futurists
antimodernistsmodernists
Advocates of contemporary approaches
innovators · experimentalists · avant-garde · iconoclasts · pioneers
antimodernistsmodernists
Advocates of contemporary approaches
avant-gardists · experimentalists · postmodernists · cubists · abstractionists