Revivalism

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Advocacy for the revival of a former practice, custom, etc. countable, uncountable

    "Art Deco revivalism"

  2. 2
    an attempt to reawaken the evangelical faith wordnet
  3. 3
    Spiritual fervour of or for a religious revival. countable, uncountable

    "Neither the Revivalism that assails a boy at about the age of fifteen, nor the skepticism that meets him five years later, could sway him from his allegiance to the church into which he had been born."

Synonyms

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bibliolatrycharismatic movementfanaticismrevivalsanctimonyzeal

Example

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"Berber revivalism started in the mid-20th century."

Etymology

From revival + -ism.

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