reversionist

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

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

   “But for the reversionist the indwelling of Christ has no effect.”

3. isim 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.”

4. sıfat 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.”