单词 | palingenesist |
释义 | palingenesistn. Now rare. A believer in palingenesis; (also) a person who seeks to regenerate or resuscitate something. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > rebirth or regeneration > [noun] > person believing in palingenist1839 palingenesist1860 1860 All Year Round 18 Feb. 389 Monsieur Doyère, the most ardent palingenesist of the age,..pretends that these animals are able to support..absolute desiccation, without losing the faculty of resurrection. 1870 tr. F. A. Pouchet Universe 51 Our modern palingenesists maintain that they can renew the revival of the Rotiferæ. 1985 New Lit. Hist. 16 484 The historian is..still characterized as a palingenesist whose prime task consists in reanimating bygone phases of culture. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1860 |
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