Burned-Over District

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英文释义

专有名词
  1. A nickname for portions of Western New York State, where there was much religious fervor during the Second Great Awakening.

词形变化

burned-over district alternative

词源

Coined by Charles Grandison Finney, who in his 1876 book Autobiography of Charles G. Finney referred to a "burnt district" to denote an area in central and western New York State during the Second Great Awakening. He felt that the area had been so heavily evangelized as to have no "fuel" (unconverted population) left over to "burn" (convert).
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