reversionist

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   One who clings to previous patterns of behavior or thought, rejecting social or cultural…

   One who clings to previous patterns of behavior or thought, rejecting social or cultural change.

   • The right-wing Reversionist focuses on a small town past where law, order and predictability prevail.
   • These reversionists think technology and industrialism are synonymous. They can't imagine clean technology, human technology.
   • Far from being reversionists, Mateelians are constantly in search of non-polluting, low-energy technology to combine with their labor-intensive strategies and high-quality crafts.
2. 2

   One who has lost faith

   One who has lost faith; a heathen, nonbeliever, or apostate.

   • But for the reversionist the indwelling of Christ has no effect.
   • The reality which is expected is the justice of God judging unbeliever reversionists, both Jews and Gentiles, and sending them to the Lake of Fire.
   • Lot is a believer who is a monetary reversionist. He abandoned the directive will of God for "sordid gain" (cf. 1Tim. 3:8; Titus 1:7, 11; 1Pet. 5:2; Gk. aischrokerdes).
3. 3

   The person to whom a property reverts when a freehold expires.

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   1. 4

      Pertaining to or characteristic of reversionists.

      • Certain fringe ecologists are quite as reversionist in their thinking, and reach even farther back for their image of the good life.
      • This confirms that the design process is more reversionist than might be imagined.
      • Second, the movement sheds light on the nature of 'reversionist thought supported by the Japan Reversionist Movement' (NakanoandArasaki 1976:85)

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