Classical
Classical adjective - Based on customs usually handed down from a previous generation.
Usage example: the classical preparation of a ham for Easter
Revolutionary is an antonym for classical.
Revolutionary
Revolutionary adjective - Being very far from the center of public opinion.
Classical is an antonym for revolutionary.
Both words in one sentence
- Classical music is littered with examples of this trope; pieces of music considered revolutionary at the time they premiered would often spawn scores of imitators, sometimes to the point of changing musical tastes and convention the world over.
Source: Follow The Leader / Music - The prequel installments of the William Shakespeare's Star Wars books reinterpret Jar Jar Binks as this; a radical revolutionary who is playing the role of a classical Shakespearean fool in order to advance his secret agenda of advancing relations between the Gungans and the Naboo humans.
Source: Obfuscating Stupidity / Theatre
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