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old school

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Synonyms: old-school, oldschool, med school, old skool, old schools

Antonyms: old-school, oldschool, med school, old skool, old schools

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Noun

  1. ''Preceded by'' '''[[the#Article|the]]''': a [[group#Noun|group]] of [[person#Noun|people]] [[characterize]]d by being [[conservative#Adjective|conservative]] or [[traditional#Adjective|traditional]]; also, a [[method#Noun|method]] for [[accomplish]]ing a [[task#Noun|task]], a [[style#Noun|style]], or a [[way#Noun|way]] of [[think#Verb|thinking]] that was [[employ#Verb|employed]] in a [[former#Adjective|former]] [[era]], [[remember]]ed either for its [[inferiority]] to the [[current#Adjective|current]] method, or for its [[superiority]] over the [[new#Adjective|new]] way.
  2. {{lb|en|music}} A style of [[popular music]] [[regard#Verb|regarded]] as more [[old-fashioned#Adjective|old-fashioned]] or traditional, or not [[follow#Verb|following]] newer [[trend#Noun|trends]]; specifically (''often'' '''[[old skool]]'''), [[hip-hop]] or [[rap music]] of the late 1970s and 1980s (or more [[recent#Adjective|recent]] [[music]] of this style) as [[contrast#Verb|contrasted]] with newer styles of such music.

Adjective

  1. ''Now often'' '''[[old-school]]''': [[characteristic#Adjective|characteristic]] of a [[method#Noun|method]] for [[accomplish]]ing a [[task#Noun|task]], a [[style#Noun|style]], or a [[way#Noun|way]] of [[think#Verb|thinking]] that was [[employ#Verb|employed]] in a [[former#Adjective|former]] [[era]], [[remember]]ed either for its [[inferiority]] to the [[current#Adjective|current]] method, or for its [[superiority]] over the [[new#Adjective|new]] way.
  2. {{lb|en|music}} Of or relating to a style of [[popular music]] [[regard#Verb|regarded]] as more [[old-fashioned#Adjective|old-fashioned]] or [[traditional#Adjective|traditional]], or not [[follow#Verb|following]] newer [[trend#Noun|trends]]; specifically (''often'' '''[[old skool]]'''), of or relating to [[hip-hop]] or [[rap music]] of the late 1970s and 1980s (or more [[recent#Adjective|recent]] [[music]] of this style) as [[contrast#Verb|contrasted]] with newer styles of such music.
  3. {{lb|en|US|Christianity|politics}} ''Chiefly in the form'' '''[[Old School]]''': having [[conservative#Adjective|conservative]] or traditional [[view#Noun|views]] on [[Christianity]] or [[politics]].

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