This distinctive modal colouring in turn supports one of the track's principal themes, namely the music's sense ofarchaism.From theCambridge English Corpus
First, "paganism," "archaism" and "reaction" are dangerous, but only when used as foils for modernization.From theCambridge English Corpus
This peculiar rhyme may embody that stylisticarchaism.From theCambridge English Corpus
Would we be shocked by archaisms (as we surely would be if some of the staging manuals' melodramatic instructions to the singers were followed)?From theCambridge English Corpus
Was it reuse for revival-an interest inarchaism?From theCambridge English Corpus
As a result, this quotation has the charm ofarchaismbut otherwise states the obvious.From theCambridge English Corpus
The more we are shut out from the 'magic circle', the greater our awareness of thearchaism, the magic of this circle.From theCambridge English Corpus
The new kana spelling conventions brought the system much more in line with modern pronunciation, although a few archaisms were retained.From theCambridge English Corpus
We would expect private correspondence to be relatively lacking in stylistic devices, including conscious archaisms.From theCambridge English Corpus
It represents not orthographic 'archaism', but a conservative accent.From theCambridge English Corpus
In fact, the cluster is clearly anarchaism.From theCambridge English Corpus
Their strategy is to identify relics and archaisms, on the one hand, as distinct from innovative forms, on the other.From theCambridge English Corpus
Musically, the madrigals avoided blatant archaisms, but their texts were imbued with them.From theCambridge English Corpus
Archaismin turn does not always correspond with rigid adherence to convention and time-honoured customs (architectural or otherwise).From theCambridge English Corpus
Accented non was restricted to elliptic use in negative responses to questions and a certain number of archaisms.From theCambridge English Corpus
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