How to Use revivalism in a Sentence

revivalism

noun
  • The ethos of his rule since then has been a kind of Soviet revivalism.
    — Simon Shuster, Time, 8 Aug. 2025
  • If this is the future of riot grrrl revivalism, the future is bright.
    — Maria Sherman, SPIN, 25 Jan. 2022
  • With use of synth-heavy melodies and plenty of neon, the band is no doubt a stellar addition to this wave of ’80s revivalism.
    — Efrain Dorado, RedEye Chicago, 12 Dec. 2017
  • The support of trombone and baritone sax behind him provided his alt-rock roots with a bit of Shoals revivalism.
    — Jared Boyd | [email protected], AL.com, 20 May 2017
  • Walk Through the Fire — the door opens to critiques of revivalism, that the artist is imitating the past rather than moving the needle.
    — Justin Curto, Vulture, 4 Aug. 2021
  • In this retelling, less attention is given to the role of religious revivalism in the country’s formation and history.
    — Bernard Haykel, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2024
  • One part classic rock revivalism, one part hardcore garage rock, with a sound made for large speakers, Canadian-duo Japandroids was built for live shows.
    — Efrain Dorado, RedEye Chicago, 1 Nov. 2017
  • The duet is unabashedly sappy, its lyrics full of period-perfect, flowery Medieval revivalism tropes.
    — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2026
  • This bigger-is-better approach is in sync with the continuing ’80s revivalism, which twists existing concepts in ways that speak to today.
    — Vogue, 15 Mar. 2019
  • For Elwood co-owners Justin Saul and Jackson Wirht, the project traces back further than current surf revivalism.
    — Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 24 June 2026
  • Both outfits were elegant, a word that isn’t part of the lexicon of Y2K revivalism which the stylist personally enjoys.
    — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 20 Sep. 2022
  • Nineties revivalism is extending beyond fashion as designers and casting directors are rediscovering the beauties who made that decade so magic.
    — Vogue, 24 Oct. 2017
  • But Graham’s light touch gave his followers a way to embrace traditional American revivalism outside of the hot political issues of the day.
    — Elizabeth Dias, Time, 1 Mar. 2018
  • Historian Brett Grainger has argued that evangelicals, through revivalism, formed a mystical relationship with nature.
    — Jeffrey Wheatley, The Conversation, 10 June 2020
  • Newly streaked in nostalgic synths, the remix exists at a midpoint between the tongue-in-cheek nature of vaporwave and the ‘80s revivalism elevated by recent pop culture touchstones like Stranger Things.
    — Caitlin Kelley, Billboard, 3 Nov. 2017
  • Under his ownership, the house became a harmonious melding of revivalism, ancient Greek motifs, Chinese aesthetics, and Art Deco details.
    — Vanessa Lawrence, ELLE Decor, 20 Dec. 2017
  • Her Flog Gnaw performance triangulated perfectly among the emo revivalism, metal and hardcore shredding and genre-hopping camaraderie that the festival champions.
    — August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 2023
  • The worst of religious conservatism is on cable news imputing to Trump an almost-Constantinian prestige, uniting nationalist fervor with religious revivalism.
    — Andrew T. Walker, National Review, 10 Feb. 2020
  • McCarthyite revivalism has flitted around the edges of American conservatism since the senator fell from grace during his conspiratorial anti-Communist campaign in the 1950s.
    — Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 6 Mar. 2026

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