germanist
IPA: dʒɝmˈænɪst
Root Word: Germanist
noun
- (humanities; dated) A person who studies the Germanic languages, the associated literatures and/or cultures.
- (humanities) A person who specialises in the German language, literature and/or culture of the German-speaking world.
adjective
- (historiography, law) Pertaining to the school of thought which downplays or denies the continuity of legal and cultural institutions between Rome and later medieval Europe, highlighting the role of external influences and innovation in the decline of the Roman Empire.
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Examples of "germanist" in Sentences
- He was also an accomplished historian and Germanist.
- In Germanistic philology, 'Umlaut' is the the scholarly word.
- Your current suggestion is more Germanist dictatorship on the issue.
- This makes it clear that she was a German Germanist without using bad style.
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