reversionist

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. 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.
  2. One who has lost faith; a heathen, nonbeliever, or apostate.
    — But for the reversionist the indwelling of Christ has no effect.
  3. The person to whom a property reverts when a freehold expires.
    — As to the argument about the possibility of the reversionist not being capable of discharging his duties, that would equally apply to the granting a place for one life, as then the holder might live so long, or become so infirm as to be unable to fulfil all the duties of his situation.
形容词 adj.
  1. 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.

词形变化

reversionists plural more reversionist comparative most reversionist superlative

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
English reversion
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)
Proto-Hellenic *-tās
Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)
Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.
Latin -istader.
Old French -istebor.
Middle English -ist
English -ist
English reversionist
From reversion + -ist.
词源 2
Etymology tree
English reversion
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)
Proto-Hellenic *-tās
Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)
Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.
Latin -istader.
Old French -istebor.
Middle English -ist
English -ist
English reversionist
From reversion + -ist.
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