revivalist
noun
re·viv·al·ist
ri-ˈvī-və-list 
-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
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Best revivalists: Green Day at Wrigley Field, Aug. 13
The once-novel idea of an artist performing a signature album in its entirety has become as ubiquitous as the $50 concert T-shirt.
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Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 12 Dec. 2024
The vallenato revivalist was recently honored as the 2024 Person of the Year by the Latin Recording Academy in Miami.
—Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 18 Nov. 2024
Most producers settle in and stop evolving at some point, developing a recognizable sound, but Jones was never one to get stuck in the past and dismissed as a revivalist, which helps explain why he was involved with Number One singles in three different decades.
—Elias Leight, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2024
His grandfather ran a Hindu martial arts training center, called an akhara, while his grandmother was the local head of the women’s wing of Arya Samaj, a Hindu revivalist movement that started in 1875 and has converted thousands of Christians and Muslims to Hinduism.
—Mohammad Ali, WIRED, 14 Apr. 2020
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Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 12 Dec. 2024
The vallenato revivalist was recently honored as the 2024 Person of the Year by the Latin Recording Academy in Miami.
—Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 18 Nov. 2024
Most producers settle in and stop evolving at some point, developing a recognizable sound, but Jones was never one to get stuck in the past and dismissed as a revivalist, which helps explain why he was involved with Number One singles in three different decades.
—Elias Leight, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2024
His grandfather ran a Hindu martial arts training center, called an akhara, while his grandmother was the local head of the women’s wing of Arya Samaj, a Hindu revivalist movement that started in 1875 and has converted thousands of Christians and Muslims to Hinduism.
—Mohammad Ali, WIRED, 14 Apr. 2020
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revivalist
noun
re·viv·al·ist
ri-ˈvīv-(ə-)ləst
: one who conducts revivals
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