Definitions for revivalism

revivalism re·viv·al·ism

Spelling: [ri-vahy-vuh-liz-uh m]
IPA: /rɪˈvaɪ vəˌlɪz əm/

Revivalism is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 22 points.

You can make 544 anagrams from letters in revivalism (aeiilmrsvv).

Definitions for revivalism

noun

  1. the form of religious activity that manifests itself in revivals.
  2. the tendency to revive what belongs to the past.

Origin of revivalism

First recorded in 1805-15; revival + -ism

Examples for revivalism

This was the second great period of revivalism in New England.

The idolatry of the immediate—the prompt creation of effect—is the perpetual snare of revivalism.

We shall have to consider later what useful purpose (if any) is served by this free-and-easy use of the dialect of revivalism.

A more complete parallel to the consequences of revivalism in Italy could not be found.

But the advocate of revivalism quite misses the true significance of the fact.

In his own youth, too, revivalism was an active force, and he himself had been strongly moved by an American missionary.

The revivalism of the past in all Churches rode upon the dark waves of fear.

revivalism was therefore the distinct outgrowth of Puritanism, the expression of its individualistic spirit.

Word Value for revivalism
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