restorationist

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adjective

Of or pertaining to restorationism.

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Meanings

adjectiverestorationist (not comparable)

alternative Restorationist

  1. not comparableOf or pertaining to restorationism.
nounrestorationist (plural restorationists)

plural restorationists · alternative Restorationist

  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. lifestyleOne who believes in a temporary future punishment and a final restoration of all to the favour and presence of God; a Universalist.

Origin

From restoration + -ist.

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APA

restorationist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/restorationist

MLA

“restorationist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/restorationist. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “restorationist,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/restorationist.

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