reawakening
- noun
- /ˌriːəˈwɑːkənɪŋ/
- After years of neglect, the garden is finally experiencing a reawakening as new plants begin to bloom and grow.
This year's theme is Sleeping Beauty's reawakening fashion.
- This year's theme is Sleeping Beauty's reawakening fashion.
- And then in the in the early modern era, we see a recovery of texts and we see a reawakening of interest in Stoicism.
- I want to be part of the reawakening that there were these great civilizations here, especially North America.
- If I figure that out, I'll let you know because it's it's that may be time for reinvention or reawakening or something.
Examples
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U.S. interests abroad cannot be adequately protected or advanced without an economic reawakening at home. U.S. leaders forever swear their allegiance to making the tough choices to restore the U.S. economy.
Academic text (2010) -
The goal of New Spiritualism is a reawakening to the truth of what has gone before us, what it has taken all of us to get here.
Fiction book (2002) -
I want to be part of the reawakening that there were these great civilizations here, especially North America.
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Second, much of the community has experienced a reawakening of Haudenosaunee identity.
Academic text (2009) -
The Global Post called it 'The Reawakening of Afro-Argentine Culture'.
Blog text (5) -
Decades before the reawakening of the Olympic Games in 1896, the idea reached North and South America.
Academic text (1995) -
Meanwhile, northwestern China is home to over 20 million Muslims and is now in the grip of an Islamic reawakening.
Academic text (2010) -
When we build in a sustainable manner, it is the change of perspective, the change of heart, and a fundamental reawakening of an awareness of our relationships to the systems of life that makes all this worthwhile.
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The Arena Chapel frescoes of Giotto are a locus classicus for the novel; they mark the reawakening of the gestural in representation.
Academic text (1999) -
Of all the revivals of ideologies and movements over the last fifty years, none has surprised or confused more scholars than the reawakening of nationalism as a state-legitimizing ideology, particularly in the Central Asian states.
Academic text (2000)
Synonyms
Making something new and stronger after damage
Bringing something back into use after a long time of not being used
To make a person or thing seem younger and fresher
The act of bringing someone back to life or to consciousness
Something that comes back after being absent or inactive
The ability of a person, group, or cell to make new parts and stay active
A return of energy and activity to a person or group
A return to life, being awake, or normal activity
Becoming involved again in an activity, process, or relationship after a break
The process of becoming new or useful again after damage
A return of youthful energy and new strength
Antonyms
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Etymology
Reawakening combines the prefix re- meaning 'again' with awaken meaning 'to wake' or 'become active'. So a reawakening is like something that 'wakes up again' after a long rest or quiet time, which is why it means becoming active or alive again.