efflorescence
- noun
- /ˌɛf.ləˈrɛs.əns/
- Literature
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- The city experienced a cultural efflorescence during the festival, showcasing art and music from local talents.
But in in all these efflorescences of innovation, it turns out there is a cadence.
- But in in all these efflorescences of innovation, it turns out there is a cadence.
- It's not inevitable that time, learning and wealth should lead to a cultural efflorescence, but they are certainly favorable conditions.
- What's what is well-being and human efflorescence really.
Examples
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Rising from and intertwined with bedrock, Inka sites often appear to be, as Argentinian artist Csar Paternosto observes lyrically, "an efflorescence" of the land in which they are located.
Academic text (2007) -
Amid this cultural efflorescence, the country was politically unstable.
Academic text (2014) -
It's not inevitable that time, learning and wealth should lead to a cultural efflorescence, but they are certainly favorable conditions.
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His smile, in full efflorescence now, was something to behold.
Fiction book (1991) -
The efflorescence of capitalism in the United States and abroad constitutes a second driving force.
Academic text (1996) -
Overall, the efflorescence of the elite women's voluntary associations in the Gold Coast was due to three concomitant forces.
Academic text (2004) -
Those that remain can be dated no earlier than the ninth or tenth centuries CE, a period that art historians have more frequently thought of as the beginning of a new efflorescence and experimentation in temple architecture.
Academic text (2008) -
Some additional Protestant missions began work in the first half of the twentieth century, but the real efflorescence of Protestant work began after World War II, when 15 new missions entered the country in just 15 years, with the stream of new missions continuing apace for the next several years.
Academic text (2005) -
The brief efflorescence of Art Nouveau would not have occurred without the prior opening of trade with the Orient and the resulting importation of objects that had by then become household items, as well as the sudden influx of the Japanese woodblock print.
Academic text (1990) -
During the 19th century, there was a remarkable efflorescence of literature, with many authors gaining prominence.
Synonyms
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2.1
The highest point something reaches, like a mountain or an achievement
104
5.4
Period when a person or thing is at its best
54
5.0
The time in life when a person is most active and successful
31
5.8
A time when someone or something is most successful
16
3.2
A time when a person or thing is at its best
7
4.1
A time when something is most successful or active
3
7.1
A period of time with much success or abundance
Antonyms
43
5.9
A slow change when something like a building or a person's health becomes worse
How Flourishing
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6.2
101
4.2
- Literature
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1.0
357
2.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
efflorescence = effloresce (transparent) = ef + floresc + ence
Formed from 'effloresce' + '-ence'; the extended meaning 'a period of flourishing' follows the notion of 'blooming' and is a regular semantic extension.
Etymology
Efflorescence comes from Latin parts ex- 'out' and florere 'to flower', and it is like the simple word flourish, meaning to grow and do well; so efflorescence can mean a period when something reaches its highest point or thrives.