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单词 revivalists
释义

revivalist

noun

re·​viv·​al·​ist ri-ˈvī-və-list How to pronounce revivalist (audio)
-ˈvīv-list
1
: one who conducts religious revivals
specifically : a member of the clergy who travels about to conduct revivals
2
: one who revives or restores something disused
revivalist adjective
revivalistic
ri-ˌvī-və-ˈli-stik How to pronounce revivalist (audio)
adjective

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web It’s John’s inheritance from his recently deceased father, an original mod revivalist who, in his salad days, once led a bikers’ protest against Margaret Thatcher on the streets of Brighton. Guy Lodge, Variety, 17 Nov. 2021 At this point an old-time revivalist movement began to sweep through the land, the kind that arises when a society is forced, like an individual, to face its own deepest conflicts retreats into the mindlessness of unreason. Vivian Gornick, The New York Review of Books, 5 Nov. 2020 The preacher rose over the decades from tent revivalist to running a world-wide ministry with his namesake from what would be a vast home base in suburban Akron. Bill Lubinger, cleveland, 7 May 2021 As played by the skillful Daniel Kaluuya (Get Out, Widows), the student leader-turned-fire-breathing revolutionary is a selfless dreamer with the charisma of a tent revivalist. Graham Hillard, Washington Examiner, 1 Apr. 2021 Even his mythical settings had a philosophical as much as a German-revivalist rationale. Barnaby Crowcroft, National Review, 26 Dec. 2020 Powell played in legendary Cajun revivalist Dewey Balfa’s band and married his daughter, Christine Balfa. NOLA.com, 7 Sep. 2020 One key revivalist is Bella Hadid, who often puts a more experimental spin on retro fashions. Vogue, 25 Sep. 2019 There are myriad of enthusiast types: vinyl diehards, streamers, ironic tape cassette revivalists, and more. Popular Science, 29 Jan. 2020 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1820, in the meaning defined at sense 1

revivalists

noun

plural of revivalist
as in missionaries

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • missioners
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  • ministers
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  • clergypersons
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Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • laymen
  • secular
  • laypeople
  • seculars
  • lay readers
  • lectors
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