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Definition of Revivalisms
1. revivalism [n] - See also: revivalism
Lexicographical Neighbors of Revivalisms
Literary usage of Revivalisms
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cornhill Magazine by George Smith (1873)
"He scoffed openly at the High Church revivalisms which were going on at Hayhurst
under the Squire's patronage. On Sundays, when the wind blew westward, ..."
2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1875)
"The old masters which her husband had collected were gradually being edged out
of their places by the revivalisms of a newer school which claimed an older ..."
3. Essays on Freethinking and Plainspeaking by Leslie Stephen (1907)
"Let us have a judicious eclecticism, such as is already provided in art, where
classical and mediaeval revivalisms appear to subsist in friendly rivalry. ..."
4. Essays on Freethinking and Plainspeaking by Leslie Stephen (1873)
"Let us have a judicious eclecticism, such as is already provided in art, where
classical and mediaeval revivalisms appear to subsist in friendly rivalry. ..."
5. A History of Renaissance Architecture in England, 1500-1800 by Reginald Theodore Blomfield (1897)
"... fresh fashions and revivalisms, in their turn to disappear before the modern
Gothic revival. Adam was the immediate precursor of Wilkins and Soane, ..."
6. A Short History of Renaissance Architecture in England, 1500-1800 by Reginald Theodore Blomfield (1904)
"... which was really based on second-rate Roman wall decoration. Such.-work was
merely fashionable, and speedily gave way to fresh fashions and revivalisms, ..."
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