revivalistic
- a word derived from revivalist.
Example Sentences
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In the Southwest, his revivalistic zeal appealed deeply to tenant farmers and miners.
From Time ● Nov. 23, 2015
The Best Plays These are the plays which, in the light of metropolitan criticism, seem most important: Drama RAIN—Jeanne Eagels still presents powerfully this study of the revivalistic complex showing itself up in Pago Pago.
From Time Magazine Archive
Whereas Jackson tended toward a more volatile and pulpit-thumping style reminiscent of an itinerant Presbyterian minister in the revivalistic mode, Smith preferred the more measured cadences of the South Carolina aristocrat steeped in Ciceronian formalities.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
There is a great deal of pure romantic temper roused by these revivalistic outbreaks in provincial England.
From The History of David Grieve by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
For many, though not for all, it takes a religious direction, but in those particular years the mental atmosphere of Folkestone was exceptionally free from any revivalistic disturbance that might have reached Kipps' mental being.
From Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
