revivalist
noun
re·viv·al·ist
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revivalist
adjective
revivalistic
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Though the revivalist hopes that attended the conservative resurgence were long ago dispelled, its enduring combination of fundamentalism and politicisation gave Southern Baptists two sorts of comfort. — The Economist, "The Southern Baptists are beset by two related fiascos," 15 June 2019 While the house has many touches that evoke an earlier era, Branca balks at being considered a mere revivalist or re-creator of history. — Nancy Hass, ELLE Decor, "Alessandra Branca Designs an Ultra-Luxe 1910s Mansion on Chicago’s Lake Shore Drive," 29 May 2019 Gass may have been mocking religious hucksters but the speech of the land was part of him, and his ranging, learned works of literary criticism sometimes remind you of a stem-winding tent revivalist evangelizing for Rilke or Rabelais. — Sam Sacks, WSJ, "‘The William H. Gass Reader’ Review: The Speech of the Land Was Part of Him," 1 Nov. 2018 The elite soul revivalists are an electrifying live act. — Bill Brownlee, kansascity, "KC concerts July 12-18: Kenny Chesney, Imagine Dragons, Jason Isbell, Foreigner," 10 July 2018 That history creates a paradox with which native intellectuals and cultural revivalists have been wrestling at least since the Indian civil-rights movement of the 1970s. — The Economist, "Tommy Orange’s debut novel is a work of defiance and recovery," 5 July 2018 Salafists are puritanical, religious revivalists who support a strict imposition of Islamic law. — Kareem Fahim, Washington Post, "Saudi Arabia’s once-powerful conservatives silenced by reforms and repression," 5 June 2018 Fifteen years after blasting onto the charts with over-the-top falsetto, body-hugging jumpsuits and hair-metal tomfoolery, the British hard-rock revivalists are back on the UK charts with an accidentally political anthem eschewing public transit. — Courtney Devores, charlotteobserver, "8 buzzworthy concerts coming to Charlotte in the next week | Charlotte Observer," 25 Apr. 2018 The past 15 years have seen a whole crop of soul-funk revivalists diving into the tradition, taking the music from vintage records and bringing it to the stage, with a contemporary twist. — John Adamian, courant.com, "Funk Soul Band West End Blend To Headline At Toad's Place," 10 Mar. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'revivalist.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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revivalist
noun
English Language Learners Definition of revivalist
religion
: someone who organizes and leads a revival meeting
formal
: someone who uses or practices something that was popular in the past
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