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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Ginuwine, here on behalf of a gun violence prevention group, is this year's most beloved revivalist.
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Mars Salazar, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
George Thorogood & The Destroyers Sept. 2, The Parker
52 years: Rockin’ blues revivalist finally celebrates band’s 50th anniversary after a medical emergency stalled the 2023 tour.
—Greg Carannante, Sun Sentinel, 13 June 2025
Nathan Jerde, the drummer for Chicago’s beloved early-aughts garage rock revivalists the Ponys, has died.
—Walden Green, Pitchfork, 6 May 2025
The band and collective have tapped trans artists and allies — including emo and skate-punk revivalists Home Is Where and Pinkshift, indie rockers Speedy Ortiz and Ted Leo, and genre-smelters Bartees Strange and L’Rain — to share wares and kick proceeds to future rallies and actions.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 9 Apr. 2025
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Mars Salazar, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
George Thorogood & The Destroyers Sept. 2, The Parker
52 years: Rockin’ blues revivalist finally celebrates band’s 50th anniversary after a medical emergency stalled the 2023 tour.
—Greg Carannante, Sun Sentinel, 13 June 2025
Nathan Jerde, the drummer for Chicago’s beloved early-aughts garage rock revivalists the Ponys, has died.
—Walden Green, Pitchfork, 6 May 2025
The band and collective have tapped trans artists and allies — including emo and skate-punk revivalists Home Is Where and Pinkshift, indie rockers Speedy Ortiz and Ted Leo, and genre-smelters Bartees Strange and L’Rain — to share wares and kick proceeds to future rallies and actions.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 9 Apr. 2025
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revivalist
noun
re·viv·al·ist
ri-ˈvīv-(ə-)ləst
: one who conducts revivals
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