revivalist
Americannoun
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a person, especially a member of the clergy, who promotes or holds religious revivals.
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a person who revives former customs, methods, etc.
noun
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a person who holds, promotes, or presides over religious revivals
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a person who revives customs, institutions, ideas, etc
adjective
Other Word Forms
- nonrevivalist noun
- revivalistic adjective
Etymology
Origin of revivalist
Example Sentences
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Tapping that frustration, Al-Houthi’s older brother, Hussein, launched a revivalist movement that called for driving out Western influences and supporting Palestinians.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 3, 2025
They claimed that this moment would eventually bring about a “Great Awakening,” a reference to the religious revivalist movements of the 18th and 19th centuries.
From Salon • Jul. 21, 2025
In 2022, this San Diego trio brought a revivalist blend of Chicano soul, doo-wop and funk back to music’s forefront.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2025
Mering is something of a Laurel Canyon revivalist, though Weyes Blood doesn’t traffic in simple nostalgia.
From New York Times • Nov. 17, 2022
Modal melodies, revivalist spirituals, the call-and-response or ‘holler’ songs of African slaves: all of these went into the mixing pot of the early Blues.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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