noun
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a movement, esp an evangelical Christian one, that seeks to reawaken faith
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the tendency or desire to revive former customs, styles, etc
Etymology
Origin of revivalism
Example Sentences
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The Grammys like to reward longevity, but maybe they'll be swayed by Rodrigo's rock revivalism, which has helped to ignite the first resurgence in guitar music in over a decade.
From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2024
Her Flog Gnaw performance triangulated perfectly among the emo revivalism, metal and hardcore shredding and genre-hopping camaraderie that the festival champions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2023
It was part hortatory, part personal testimony, part barstool blowhard, a rambling, disjointed, digressive, what-me-worry approach that combined aspects of cable television rage, big-tent religious revivalism, Borscht Belt tummler, motivational speaking, and YouTube vlogging.
From Salon ● Apr. 30, 2020
Polite and precise Golden Age Christmas carol revivalism from Ingrid Michaelson, who is a better singer the less affect she deploys.
From New York Times ● Dec. 6, 2018
These tricks of the human mind upon itself are familiar now in the history of scores of sects, and in the phenomena of revivalism.
From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by Sumner, William Graham
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