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revivalism

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re⋅viv⋅al⋅ism

  [ri-vahy-vuh-liz-uhm]
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–noun
1. the form of religious activity that manifests itself in revivals.
2. the tendency to revive what belongs to the past.
Origin:
1805–15; revival + -ism
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re·viv·al·ism   (rĭ-vī'və-lĭz'əm)   
n.  

  1. The spirit or activities characteristic of religious revivals.

  2. A desire or inclination to revive what belongs to an earlier time.

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