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restorationist

restorationist adjective: of or pertaining to restorationism.

Adjective

restorationist (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to restorationism.

Noun

restorationist (plural restorationists)

  1. A supporter of restorationism, one who seeks to restore things to the way it was.
    • The “restorationist” constitutional narratives and interpretive theories promoted by Republican politicians and lawyers, [this] Essay suggests, serve to legitimate the party’s use of constitutional hardball.2019 November 24, Paul Rosenberg, “Fundamentalism and authoritarianism: How the party of ‘law and order’ became the party of crooks and crime”, in Salon
  2. One who believes in a temporary future punishment and a final restoration of all to the favour and presence of God; a Universalist.

Forms of restorationist

Adjective
alternative formRestorationist
Noun
pluralrestorationists

Origin of restorationist

From restoration + -ist.

Questions about restorationist

What does restorationist mean?
Restorationist means of or pertaining to restorationism.
What part of speech is restorationist?
Restorationist can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near restorationist in the dictionary

  1. restorational
  2. Restorationer
  3. Restorationers
  4. restorationism
  5. restorationisms
  6. restorationist
  7. restorationists
  8. restorations
  9. restorative
  10. restorative justice
  11. restoratively

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