revivalist

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Tapping that frustration, Al-Houthi’s older brother, Hussein, launched a revivalist movement that called for driving out Western influences and supporting Palestinians.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 3, 2025

It spreads organically through social networks, social media – notably podcasts and livestreams – and revivalist meetings and workshops.

From Salon • Jul. 11, 2025

But it remains visible on a nearby billboard, advertising studio tours at Paramount, showing a young couple holding hands as they walk toward the historic Spanish colonial revivalist archway.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 16, 2023

United Methodists are part of a global movement that traces their origins to the 18th-century English revivalist John Wesley, who emphasized personal piety, evangelism and social service.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 10, 2022

Modal melodies, revivalist spirituals, the call-and-response or ‘holler’ songs of African slaves: all of these went into the mixing pot of the early Blues.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall