archaeolatry
📖 Definitions
noun
Excessive reverence for the past: an earlier time, old customs, antiquity, etc.
💬 Usage Examples
“Although recourse to the classical past is hardly a criminal offense what the prosecutors were trying to foreground in this case was the connection between the party’s archaeolatry and Nazism.” Eleftheria Ioannidou; Mythologies of Genesis and Neo-Nazi Palingenesis [rebirth]; Humanities (Basel, Switzerland); Aug 2022.